Patricia P. Hollenbeck

practices in the area of commercial litigation and represents clients in a broad range of matters before state and federal courts, as well as arbitration forums. Ms. Hollenbeck's practice focuses primarily on complex business litigation in a number of industries, including consumer products, franchise and distribution, and education. Her practice involves a wide range of claims, including unfair competition and consumer legal remedies, class action defense, trademarks, and trade secrets. Ms. Hollenbeck also has extensive experience with litigating temporary restraining orders and injunctions. She has handled over two hundred arbitrations, arbitrating to award in excess of fifty cases before a number of forums, including the American Arbitration Association. Ms. Hollenbeck also serves as an arbitrator on the AAA Commercial Arbitration panel.

In addition to her role as trial counsel, Ms. Hollenbeck assists her clients with litigation risk assessment at the time of business formation, and during asset purchase transactions. She is a tenacious advocate and a strategic decision maker who works collaboratively with her clients to achieve the best business result.

Ms. Hollenbeck has been AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1999. Since 2011, she has been selected for inclusion in San Diego Super Lawyers (Business Litigation). She was named to the list of Top 50 Lawyers in San Diego twice, and to the list of Top 25 Women in San Diego four times. In addition, Ms. Hollenbeck has been named a Top Lawyer in San Diego (Trials) since 2013, a San Diego County Top Attorney (Corporate Litigation), and has been profiled in San Diego Business Journal 's Best of the Bar.

Ms. Hollenbeck is also very active in the San Diego legal community. She is a Master in the American Inns of Court, Louis M. Welsh Inn and an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, currently serves as a Vice-President on the San Diego County Bar Association Board of Directors, and is a Director of the San Diego Inn of Court (trial training program). She also recently completed two years on the Board of Directors of the Downtown San Diego Partnership and two terms on the Board of Directors of the Tom Homann LGBT Law Association Foundation (which awards scholarship funds to deserving students). In 2014-2015 Ms. Hollenbeck served as President of Lawyers Club of San Diego, the mission of which is to advance the status of women in law and society. She was a member of the board of directors for four years, and served as the Vice-President of Finance and Fundraising, as well as chair of the Judicial Endorsements Committee before being elected president. She remains involved in Lawyers Club on the Advisory Board and as a member of the organization's 501(c)(3) arm, the Fund for Justice, which supports underserved women and children in San Diego. Ms. Hollenbeck previously served a three-year term on the Board of Governors for the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, San Diego.

Ms. Hollenbeck is currently serving a four-year term on the California Lawyers Association Business Litigation Committee (formerly known as the State Bar of California Business Litigation Committee). She was previously appointed to the State Bar of California Franchise Law Committee for two separate three-year terms.

Within Duane Morris, Ms. Hollenbeck was a member of the Duane Morris Women's Impact Network for Success Steering Committee for many years. In 2013, Ms. Hollenbeck received the Cheryl Blackwell Bryson Leadership Award, presented by the Duane Morris Women's Initiative. The award recognizes significant contributions to women in the profession, including issues of the professional development of women lawyers and the advancement of women lawyers in the profession. She has presented the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Trial Skills Program in-house. Currently, she is a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee in the San Diego office.

Ms. Hollenbeck is the author of Treatment of Spoliation of Evidence Issues and Excessive Verdict and Punitive Damage Issues in California, published in the American Law Firm Compendium, Legal Malpractice: The Ever Darkening Cloud of Lawyer Liability, which was published in the Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report, and Networking Strategies; Having Fun With Networking, San Diego Lawyer, The Journal of the San Diego County Bar Association. She is also the author of numerous articles in Lawyers Club News.

A member of the State Bar of California and of the American, Colorado and San Diego County bar associations, Ms. Hollenbeck is a 1984 graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law and a graduate of Stanford University, where she double-majored, was elected to Cap and Gown, and played on the women's varsity golf team.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2005-present
•Buchanan Ingersoll LLP
- Shareholder, 2001-2005
•Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP
- Partner, 1992-2001
- Associate, 1986-1992

Board Memberships

•Board of Directors, San Diego County Bar Association, 2017-
- Vice-President and Chair of the Governance and Leadership Committee, 2019

•Board of Directors, San Diego Inn of Court, 2018-
- Program Chair, Evidence Program, 2019
- Program Chair, Trial Program, 2019

•Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court
- Executive Committee, 2019-

•Lawyers Club of San Diego, Advisory Board

•Board of Directors, Tom Homann LGBT Law Association Foundation, 2017-2018

•Board of Directors, Downtown San Diego Partnership, 2016-2018

•Board of Directors, Lawyers Club of San Diego, 2011-2015
•Board of Governors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, San Diego, 2002-2004
•Board of Directors, Carmel Valley Music Boosters, Vice-President Fundraising, 2006-2008
•Board of Directors, Del Mar Little League, Vice-President of Operations, 2005-2007

Honors and Awards

•Finalist, 2018 San Diego Business Journal Business Women of the Year Awards

•Recipient, 2017 Friend of the Community Award, Tom Homann LGBT Law Association

•Finalist, San Diego Woman of the Year, San Diego Magazine

•Recipient, Cheryl Blackwell Bryson Leadership Award, Duane Morris Women's Initiative, October 2013

•San Diego Super Lawyers 2011-2019 (Business Litigation)
- Top 50 Lawyers in San Diego, 2015-2016
- Top 25 Women Lawyers in San Diego, 2014-2016, 2019

•The San Diego Business Journal Best of the Bar

•Top Attorneys Finalist in Corporate Litigation by San Diego Daily Transcript

•Top Lawyers in San Diego by San Diego Magazine (Trials), 2013-present

•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

• My Name is Patty Hollenbeck, and I am a Feminist, Lawyers Club News, June 2015
• The Magic of Thinking Big: 'I Think I Can, I Think I Can', Lawyers Club News, May 2015
• Achieving Pay Equality: Mr. Spock, the Academy Awards, and Perseverance, Lawyers Club News, April 2015
• The Impossibility of Time Management: Sometimes You Have to 'Let it Go', Lawyers Club News, March 2015
• EQ and the Practice of Law; the Huggable Lawyer, Lawyers Club News, February 2015
• Happy New Year: Find Your Inspiration and Make a Resolution, Lawyers Club News, January 2015
• Happy Holidays: Take a Deep Breath and Remember the See's. Lawyers Club News, December 2014
• 'Roominate' on Lime Green: Find What Matters and Give Back, Lawyers Club News, November 2014
• Escaping the Marzipan Layer: Mentors, Sponsors, and Champions, Lawyers Club News, October 2014
• Work-Life Management: Your Career AND Your Life, Lawyers Club News, September 2014
• Leadership: The Huge Market for Big Ideas, Lawyers Club News, July/August 2014
• Networking Strategies; Having Fun With Networking, San Diego Lawyer, The Journal of the San Diego County Bar Association, May/June 2011
•Profiled in Women Who Court Success, Franchise Times, June/July 2002
• Treatment of Spoliation of Evidence Issues and Excessive Verdict and Punitive Damage Issues in California, American Law Firm Compendium
• Legal Malpractice: The Ever Darkening Cloud of Lawyer Liability, Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Panel Member, Women Leading in San Diego Law, San Diego County Bar Association Meet & Confer Podcast, November 22, 2019

•Panel Member, Trial Advocacy in the Southern District of California Series, Federal Bar Association, San Diego, California, May 2019

•Panel Member, Written Discovery, Disclosure and Discovery Series, Federal Bar Association, San Diego, California, July 2018

•Co-presenter, Career Perspective on Taking Leave: The Logistics and Implications of Taking a Leave of Absence or Negotiating a Flex Schedule, San Diego, California, October 2017

•Presenter, Demystifying Economic Expert Depositions, San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego, California, July 2017

• Products Liability and Risk Management, California Healthcare Institute/Duane Morris THE BLUEPRINT Webinar Series

•Faculty Member, NITA National Institute for Trial Advocacy Deposition Skills: Pacific Program, San Diego, California

•Moderator, How to Leverage Self-Evaluations for Professional Advancement, Lawyers Club Professional Advancement Committee, San Diego, California

•Co-presenter, Networking Skills Mixer: Honing Your Elevator Speech, Lawyers Club Student Committee, San Diego, California

•Co-speaker, Networking 101: Early Success Seminar Series, Lawyers Club of San Diego, San Diego California

•Co-speaker, Contract Drafting - Tips and Pitfalls - From Transactional and Litigation Points of View, Lawyers Club of San Diego MCLE Presentation, San Diego, California