Patric Miller Verrone (born September 29, 1959) is an American television writer and labor leader.

From there, he worked for the entirety of The Critic's run on television, before moving on to write for Muppets Tonight (for which he won an Emmy[2]) and Pinky and the Brain.

While editor of The Harvard Lampoon, Verrone met writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss.

Jean and Reiss, who had just served as co-show runners for The Simpsons, were creating a new animated show called The Critic.

[5] Reelected president with more than 90 percent of the vote in September 2007, Verrone subsequently led the Writers Guild through a strike from November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008.

[9] In March 2014, Verrone became a candidate for California State Senate in SD 26 on the west side of Los Angeles.

Other candidates included former assembly member Betsy Butler and women's reproductive rights advocate Sandra Fluke.