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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Dec. 30, 2025

Ethical risks that can silence your best witness

Witnesses tell your client's story but mishandling them can write them out of your case entirely. From who you can contact to what documents you can accept, here's what California lawyers need to know about witness communication ethics.

David M. Majchrzak

Partner
Rosing Pott & Strohbehn

Litigation, Legal Ethics

501 W Broadway A380
San Diego , CA 92101-3584

Email: dmajchrak@rosinglaw.com

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

David practices in the areas of legal ethics and litigation of professional liability claims.

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Ethical risks that can silence your best witness
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Early in my career, a mentor shared with me that it is extremely rare that a lawyer plays a direct role in the outcome of a case. The facts do. Good facts win cases; bad facts lose them. So, the facts lawyers collect and how they apply them to their clients' stories can impact the result.

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