About Patrick
PATRICK A. PALACE is the owner of Palace Law and Palace Personal Injury Law Group. Palace Law is workers’ compensation firm and Palace Personal Injury Law Group is a firm dedicated to personal injury matters. He is and has been a partner in a number of joint ventures with tech companies developing new tools for lawyers.
Patrick was the President of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) 2013-2014.
He is the President Elect of the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP) and will be President 2025-2026. The NCBP prepares and trains Bar leadership nationwide. Patrick completed terms serving on the NCBP Executive Counsel 2018-2020 and as Chair of the 21st Century Lawyer NCBP committee which produced monthly national webinars for bar leaders.
In 2023 he was the Vice Chair for the ABA Center for Innovation Board, has been an appointed Board member since 2019 and co-hosts the ABA Center’s Innovation Network Podcast Season 3 (2022-2023). He served on the Data Standards Committee which was tasked with creating the standards by which legal innovation shall be measured. He is currently and Advisor to the Center.
In 2024 Patrick was appointed to serve on the ABA House of Delegates as the Washington State Bar Representative. He will serve a 3 year term attending each ABA Convention.
He was recognized by the ABA as a “Legal Rebel” (Class of 2023) and pictured on the front page of the ABA Journal Jan/Feb 2023 edition.
He is a co-founder of the American Legal Technology Awards, a national award that recognize 8 legal leaders of innovation across the country at the Annual American Legal Technology Awards Gala.
He also served on the editorial Board for GPSolo Magazine and was the convening editor for GPSolos “COVID an the Law” edition and the Reregulation edition (July – Aug 2021).
In the Washington Bar he chaired the WSBA Future of the Profession Committee 2013-2015. Additionally, he served on the WSBA Board of Governors from 2008 – 2011, the Washington Association of Justice Board of Governors for 9 years and was WSBA Treasurer 2010-2011.
Patrick has presented at the Clio Cloud Conference, AVVOs Lawyernomics, the ABA TechShow, NCBP Annual and Midyear Conventions, Western States Bar Conference and regularly presents at other webinars and seminars at the local, state and national levels.
He has been interviewed on podcasts by Bob Ambrogi (LawNext), the Lawyerist, Lawsome, Clienting, The Paralegal Voice, multiple podcasts on Legal Talk Network’s “On the Road”, Jeena Cho’s “The Resilient Lawyer”, and “Two Men and a Mic” podcast and more. He has aired on over 60 podcasts. He regularly writes for legal publications including ABA GPSolo Magazine, NW Lawyer, and other magazines.
Since 2001, Patrick has been chosen by Law and Politics Magazine as a “Super Lawyer”. Patrick was the first recipient of the “Service to the Legal Profession Award”, selected by the Lawfirm 500 as one of the top 100 firms nationwide for its growth and innovation and by the “National Trial Lawyers” as one of the Nation’s Top 100 trial lawyers. He was also named as one of the “Top Attorneys in Washington.”
Patrick produced and moderated two television programs: “The Peoples Law School” and “LawTalk”. These programs provide consumers with information about our legal system and their rights and remedies. Thirty-three programs were produced.
In 2020 Palace Law began purchasing other law firms and since then has complete 6 law firm mergers. As a result, Palace Law has grown substantially during COVID, both in size and revenue generation. Palace Law continues to seek new merger partners.
Patrick is a dedicated practitioner of yoga. He writes about mindfulness and speaks nationally of the topics regarding the future of the legal profession, data metrics, the state of legal regulation, practice management and life balance
Finally, in 2015, Patrick opened a winery, Sunken Cellars, whose vintages include Cabernet Sauvignon, Albariño and a Rose named after his daughter Sophia (SunkenCellars.com).
Patrick is also a proud father who has a tendency to listen to his music (while drinking wine, and sometimes practicing yoga) louder than his three non-rocker children would like.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @palacelaw
Washington State Bar Association
- 2014 – 2015, Immediate Past President
- 2013 – Sept. 2014, President of the Washington State Bar Association
- 2012 – Sept. 2013, President-Elect of the Washington State Bar Association
- 2010 – 2011, WSBA Treasurer
- 2008 – 2011, WSBA Board of Governors Representative for the 6th Congressional District.
- 2013 – 2015, Chair – Future of the Profession Committee.
- 2014 – 2015, WSBA Awards Committee
- 2013 – 2014, Chair – BOG Governance Workgroup
- 2013 – 2014, Member of the Following WSBA Committees
- Board of Governors Legislative Committee
- Budget and Audit Committee
- Personnel Committee
- Awards Committee
- 2013 – 2014, Liaison to the Board of Judicial Administration
- 2012 – 2013, Chair – Committee on Committees
- 2010 – 2011, Chair – WSBA Budget and Audit Committee
- 2011 – 2012, Chair- WSBA Health Insurance Workgroup
- 1992 – Present, WSBA Member
ABA Center for Innovation
- 2020 – 2021, Member of the Board
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2019-Current, Legal Services Design Project: Innovation Committee
American Bar Association
- 2018-Present, GPSolo Magazine Board Member
- 2018 – Present, GPSolo Magazine Technology Editor
- 2019 – Present, GPSolo Magazine eReport Board Member
- 2018-Present, ABA Pro Bono and Public Service Standing Committee Member
Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
- 2015-Present
- 1991, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, Juris Doctorate
- 1988, University of Washington, BBA, International Business
- The Information – Leading from Within
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