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.
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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