Patricia A. Dowling is an American politician and jurist who was a justice of the Ipswich District Court.
[1] Dowling was born on December 10, 1957, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
She attended Skidmore College and Suffolk University Law School.
[2] In 2000, she was defeated in her bid for reelection by Mary-Ellen Manning in Democratic primary.
In 2001, Dowling was appointed to the Ipswich District Court and resigned as Mayor.