(1948) (summa cum laude, Order of the Coif) from the University of Minnesota Law School.
McNulty clerked for Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Frank Gallagher from 1949-1950 before entering practice.
Interrupting his undergraduate education, McNulty had served as a fighter pilot with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and until shortly thereafter (1943-1946).
Patrick J. McNulty and his wife from 1952 Gladys Bird LaFave were of the Roman Catholic faith.
[1][2][3] After retiring as a magistrate, he continued to work as a special master in the District of Minnesota, but his behavior became erratic, including an arrest for shoplifting cigarettes and accusations of other shoplifting incidents.