Wendy Mcguire Coats

Wendy Mcguire Coats

Judicial

About Wendy

Licenses

Licensed in California for 20 years

State: California

Acquired: 2005

Judicial

No misconduct found


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Honors

2014

Rising Star in Appellate Law (2009-2010, 2012-2014), Super Lawyers

2012

Professor of the Year (Civil Procedure), San Francisco Law School

Work Experience

2010 - Present

Partner, McGuire Coats LLP

2006 - 2009

Associate, Howery LLP

2005 - 2006

Judicial Law Clerk, Chambers of Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew, Central District of California

2004 - 2005

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis

2003 - 2003

Judicial Extern, Chambers of Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew, Central District of California

Associations

2015 - Present

American Bar Association

Member, Board of Directors

2013 - Present

Robert G. McGrath American Inn of Court

Barrister

2012 - Present

California Women Lawyers

Amicus Committee

2011 - Present

American Bar Association Council of Appellate Lawyers

Publications Committee

2005 - Present

State Bar of California

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Spriesterbach v. Holland (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 255,

Reversed in part.

Carolyn Gregory v. Lorraine Cott (2014) 59 Cal.4th 996

affirmed

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Education

2005

Pepperdine University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

N/A

University of Missouri, Columbia

B.S.Ed.

Speaking Engagements

2014

CCCBA 2014 MCLE Spectacular Your Brief as a Best Selling Novel

Publications

2015

Guest Editor, Contra Costa Lawyer, "Women & the Law" Edition On Lamps, Lifeboats, and Ladders

2014

Appellate Issues (American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers) Hobby Lobby & The Amici: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”

2014

Appellate Issues (American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers) A Conversation with U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.

2013

Contra Costa Lawyer Making Rain!

2013

Appellate Issues (American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers) A “How To” When Preparing for Multiple Oral Arguments

2012

Appellate Issues (American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers) Acting Advice for the Appellate Advocate

2012

Appellate Issues (American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers) Book Review: Ross Guberman’s Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation’s Top Advocates

2006

Los Angeles Daily Journal Tide Turning Against Privilege Waivers for Prosecutors in Corporate Cases

Languages

English

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