
Wendy is a California lawyer, past chair and advisor of the California State Bar Ethics Committee (Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct), and past chair of the San Diego County Bar Association Legal Ethics Committee.
Columns
Title | Category | Published |
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Tone at the top: The ethics of wellness and the duty to supervise | Mar. 5, 2025 | |
Preview of coming attractions: Proposed professional rule on civility is no longer an aspiration | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Dec. 17, 2024 |
Intelligent use of artificial assistance in AI integration and legal ethics | Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Nov. 14, 2024 |
Can you keep a secret? Pursuing professionalism and privacy | Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Data Privacy | May 14, 2024 |
How modern representation involves more than analyzing the law | Mar. 6, 2024 | |
Ethical restrictions on using confidential government information | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 5, 2024 |
Effective and ethical witness preparation | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jan. 26, 2024 |
The ethics of quiet quitting: The professional perils of disengagement | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Dec. 21, 2023 |
How much can judges socialize with lawyers? | Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Nov. 13, 2023 |
Promoting integrity and inclusion: California’s formal recognition of the link between civility and bias | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Oct. 25, 2023 |
To tell or not to tell? Questions and concerns complying with the new 'snitch rule' | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Sep. 28, 2023 |
Why the new 'snitch rule' might be one of the hardest ethical rules to follow | State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 18, 2023 |
The need for speed: how smart lawyers use artificial intelligence | Technology, Law Practice | Jul. 5, 2023 |
California joins the rest of the nation in adopting the 'snitch rule' | Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court | Jun. 26, 2023 |
Programming professionalism: the ethics of artificial intelligence | Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | May 15, 2023 |
A high bar for the high court: ethics and the judiciary | Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Apr. 17, 2023 |
Can judges compliment lawyers? | Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Nov. 23, 2022 |
The ethics of wellness: How the rules require personal health | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Aug. 23, 2021 |
Pandemic professional responsibility: Legal ethics and COVID-19 | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jun. 26, 2020 |
Under the new ethics rules, are lawyers ever off the clock? | State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 26, 2019 |
Bar offers opinions on ethically advising cannabis clients | State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 25, 2019 |
Warming up cold cases: Genealogy and good old fashioned investigation | Criminal | May 30, 2019 |
Lawyers, judges and Facebook friends | Law Practice | Nov. 20, 2018 |
ANALYSIS: Rules 3.3, 4.1 | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Oct. 17, 2018 |
ANALYSIS: Rule 8.4 | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Oct. 17, 2018 |
Can lawyers secretly (and ethically) record clients? | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 27, 2018 |
High noon in the workplace: employees gone green | Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory | Jan. 7, 2017 |
High noon in workplace: Managing employees gone green | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jan. 6, 2017 |
State's marijuana law presents tricky questions | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Nov. 22, 2016 |
Can California lawyers ethically light up? | Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal | Nov. 18, 2016 |
A Level Playing Field | May 2, 2014 | |
New Year's Eve's most dangerous words: 'hosted bar' | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jan. 1, 2014 |
Human trafficking victims bound with invisible chains | Criminal | Sep. 18, 2013 |
Breaking down Prop. 35 for California's district attorneys | Criminal | Aug. 9, 2013 |
Unstable clients with guns, the worst kind | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Apr. 4, 2013 |
In the spotlight: what is the legal definition of rape? | Criminal | Aug. 29, 2012 |
Keep It Professional: Sex and Ethics | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 16, 2010 |
How Close Can You Get to Your Client? | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 8, 2010 |
Order in the Courtroom! | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jun. 30, 2010 |
The Art of Gracious Disagreement | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jun. 17, 2010 |
Harassment in The Workplace: Leveling thePlaying Field | Labor/Employment | Apr. 22, 2010 |
Stalking: From the Workplace to Cyberspace | Criminal | Apr. 20, 2010 |
Communications With Judges, Jurors And Potential Clients | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Apr. 9, 2010 |
Advertising Rules for Social Networking Sites | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 31, 2010 |
Bloggers Beware | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 25, 2010 |
Choose Your 'Friends' Carefully | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 24, 2010 |
'Legally Blonde' Holds a Lesson - Juries Get Drama of Right vs. Wrong | Judges and Judiciary | Dec. 20, 2006 |
Making a Dark and Stormy Case | Law Practice | Dec. 7, 2006 |
MCLE
Title | Category | Published |
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Intelligent use of artificial assistance in AI integration and legal ethics | Technology | Nov. 14, 2024 |
How much can judges socialize with lawyers? | Legal Ethics | Nov. 13, 2023 |
Promoting integrity and inclusion: California’s formal recognition of the link between civility and bias | Implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies | Nov. 10, 2023 |
Programming professionalism: the ethics of artificial intelligence | Legal Ethics | May 15, 2023 |
Can lawyers secretly (and ethically) record clients? | Legal Ethics | Jul. 27, 2018 |
Can California lawyers ethically light up? | Legal Ethics | Nov. 18, 2016 |
Title | Category | Published |
---|---|---|
Tone at the top: The ethics of wellness and the duty to supervise | Mar. 5, 2025 | |
Preview of coming attractions: Proposed professional rule on civility is no longer an aspiration | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Dec. 17, 2024 |
Intelligent use of artificial assistance in AI integration and legal ethics | Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Nov. 14, 2024 |
Can you keep a secret? Pursuing professionalism and privacy | Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Data Privacy | May 14, 2024 |
How modern representation involves more than analyzing the law | Mar. 6, 2024 | |
Ethical restrictions on using confidential government information | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 5, 2024 |
Effective and ethical witness preparation | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jan. 26, 2024 |
The ethics of quiet quitting: The professional perils of disengagement | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Dec. 21, 2023 |
How much can judges socialize with lawyers? | Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Nov. 13, 2023 |
Promoting integrity and inclusion: California’s formal recognition of the link between civility and bias | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Oct. 25, 2023 |
To tell or not to tell? Questions and concerns complying with the new 'snitch rule' | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Sep. 28, 2023 |
Why the new 'snitch rule' might be one of the hardest ethical rules to follow | State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 18, 2023 |
The need for speed: how smart lawyers use artificial intelligence | Technology, Law Practice | Jul. 5, 2023 |
California joins the rest of the nation in adopting the 'snitch rule' | Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court | Jun. 26, 2023 |
Programming professionalism: the ethics of artificial intelligence | Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | May 15, 2023 |
A high bar for the high court: ethics and the judiciary | Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Apr. 17, 2023 |
Can judges compliment lawyers? | Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Nov. 23, 2022 |
The ethics of wellness: How the rules require personal health | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Aug. 23, 2021 |
Pandemic professional responsibility: Legal ethics and COVID-19 | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jun. 26, 2020 |
Under the new ethics rules, are lawyers ever off the clock? | State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 26, 2019 |
Bar offers opinions on ethically advising cannabis clients | State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 25, 2019 |
Warming up cold cases: Genealogy and good old fashioned investigation | Criminal | May 30, 2019 |
Lawyers, judges and Facebook friends | Law Practice | Nov. 20, 2018 |
ANALYSIS: Rules 3.3, 4.1 | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Oct. 17, 2018 |
ANALYSIS: Rule 8.4 | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Oct. 17, 2018 |
Can lawyers secretly (and ethically) record clients? | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 27, 2018 |
High noon in the workplace: employees gone green | Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory | Jan. 7, 2017 |
High noon in workplace: Managing employees gone green | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jan. 6, 2017 |
State's marijuana law presents tricky questions | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Nov. 22, 2016 |
Can California lawyers ethically light up? | Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal | Nov. 18, 2016 |
A Level Playing Field | May 2, 2014 | |
New Year's Eve's most dangerous words: 'hosted bar' | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jan. 1, 2014 |
Human trafficking victims bound with invisible chains | Criminal | Sep. 18, 2013 |
Breaking down Prop. 35 for California's district attorneys | Criminal | Aug. 9, 2013 |
Unstable clients with guns, the worst kind | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Apr. 4, 2013 |
In the spotlight: what is the legal definition of rape? | Criminal | Aug. 29, 2012 |
Keep It Professional: Sex and Ethics | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 16, 2010 |
How Close Can You Get to Your Client? | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jul. 8, 2010 |
Order in the Courtroom! | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jun. 30, 2010 |
The Art of Gracious Disagreement | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Jun. 17, 2010 |
Harassment in The Workplace: Leveling thePlaying Field | Labor/Employment | Apr. 22, 2010 |
Stalking: From the Workplace to Cyberspace | Criminal | Apr. 20, 2010 |
Communications With Judges, Jurors And Potential Clients | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Apr. 9, 2010 |
Advertising Rules for Social Networking Sites | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 31, 2010 |
Bloggers Beware | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 25, 2010 |
Choose Your 'Friends' Carefully | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 24, 2010 |
'Legally Blonde' Holds a Lesson - Juries Get Drama of Right vs. Wrong | Judges and Judiciary | Dec. 20, 2006 |
Making a Dark and Stormy Case | Law Practice | Dec. 7, 2006 |
Title | Category | Published |
---|---|---|
Intelligent use of artificial assistance in AI integration and legal ethics | Technology | Nov. 14, 2024 |
How much can judges socialize with lawyers? | Legal Ethics | Nov. 13, 2023 |
Promoting integrity and inclusion: California’s formal recognition of the link between civility and bias | Implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies | Nov. 10, 2023 |
Programming professionalism: the ethics of artificial intelligence | Legal Ethics | May 15, 2023 |
Can lawyers secretly (and ethically) record clients? | Legal Ethics | Jul. 27, 2018 |
Can California lawyers ethically light up? | Legal Ethics | Nov. 18, 2016 |