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Wendy L. Patrick

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Wendy L. Patrick is a career trial attorney, trial consultant and former chair of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. All opinions expressed are her own.



Columns
Title Category Published
Losing a big case: How to recover, regroup and recharge Ethics/Professional Responsibility Feb. 10, 2026
The role of lawyers as officers of the court Ethics/Professional Responsibility Feb. 4, 2026
Bonding from the bench: How judges create chemistry in the courtroom Judges and Judiciary Nov. 25, 2025
Words as weapons: Protecting the bench one word at a time Ethics/Professional Responsibility Jun. 17, 2025
Life off the bench: Judicial participation in the legal community Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court May 21, 2025
Compliance, candor, and contempt: the case of Epic Games v. Apple Civil Procedure, Antitrust & Trade Reg. May 14, 2025
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
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
Losing a big case: How to recover, regroup and recharge Ethics/Professional Responsibility Feb. 10, 2026
The role of lawyers as officers of the court Ethics/Professional Responsibility Feb. 4, 2026
Bonding from the bench: How judges create chemistry in the courtroom Judges and Judiciary Nov. 25, 2025
Words as weapons: Protecting the bench one word at a time Ethics/Professional Responsibility Jun. 17, 2025
Life off the bench: Judicial participation in the legal community Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court May 21, 2025
Compliance, candor, and contempt: the case of Epic Games v. Apple Civil Procedure, Antitrust & Trade Reg. May 14, 2025
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
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