one stop shop for practicing law differently
Newfangled Services
Speaking
Bring me in as a keynote speaker, presenter, panelist, or speaker at your law firm retreat.
Solution Architects & Builders
General contractor of designing and building the tools that make sure you firm works for you.
1: 1 Strategy Conversations
Active-listening sparring partner for troubleshooting, brainstorming, and problem solving.
Workshops
1/2 and full day tailored workshops with your team to bond, break through, and build the law firm that looks like you.
Fractional Chief Innovation Officer
Embedded support in your team where I take all of the above and bundle it together in a way that suits you.
Coming Soon: The Newfangled Library
Resources for lawyers and law firms to self diagnose, design, implement and maintain a law practice that aligns with their values and the life they want to live
Consulting
Individualized law firm consulting where I diagnose what's going on at your firm down to the root so that you can elevate your practice.
About Patrick
The Newfangled Lawyer is the creative hub or vessel of “me”. It is where I experiment and share relationship with others in the legal profession who are daring to do things differently. I do not shy away from deep questions and conversations, which is one of my super powers. I am ultra passionate about creating through conversation and deep contemplation.
I am here to smash the paradigm and reimagine what it means to practice law in a value-aligned way.
What People Are Saying
Most lawyers I meet who are intent on bringing a new lens to the practice of law have been so captured by the machine that 1) they don't recognize that they're still operating under the acceptable rules of the machine, and 2) typically think that the path toward happiness is changing yourself rather than anything about the machine.
This is understandable. Lawyers go through a lot of indoctrination (literally: that's what law school is, in the original sense of the word). We stop seeing artificial constructs as constructs and take these constructs as natural. Of course, you don't try to change nature; you work around it.
Patrick Patino sees all the seams, understands the blocking of a shot that makes it appear real, and sidesteps that whole game entirely. Patrick knows Kung Fu.
If you're looking for someone to help you imagine a way of practicing law that is designed for you, Patrick starts with YOU and then builds outward. He's one of the chillest people I know and somehow also one of the most intense people I know. Most "coaches" or advisors in the legal space will help you build the exact kind of firm you're trying to escape. They'll help you build an amazing version of that, but if you're looking to escape the machine, why build a smaller machine and cram yourself in there like a Little Ease?
Patrick is easy to work with, rooted in care, and has the coolest phone you've ever seen. Call him. No really, don't try to send him something requiring a smartphone. He's ascended to a different plane.
- Owen MPatrick Patino brings something rare to the legal profession: a genuine, grounded presence that clients and colleagues can immediately feel. As a fellow legal professional, what I admire most is his commitment to radical hospitality—he doesn’t just practice law, he creates space for people to feel seen, heard, and respected.
Patrick’s willingness to step outside conventional norms—whether that’s rethinking his relationship with technology or engaging in creative practices like pottery—reflects a deeper intention: to show up fully and authentically in his work. That intentionality translates directly into how he serves others.
In a profession that often feels transactional, Patrick represents a refreshing return to what people actually want in an advocate and counselor: someone real, thoughtful, and deeply human.
- Ryan M.I wish I'd met Patrick when I was an anxious junior lawyer grappling with where I fit into the legal profession as an introvert who loved legal research, writing, and creative problem-solving but didn't love fighting, arguing, or one-upping. Patrick has an extraordinary ability to see through the veneer and help us unleash our individual authenticity, making space for us to finally be our true selves in a profession that is constantly telling us to be something we are not. Patrick makes me want to "do good things" in the world, in my authentically wild, rebelliously introverted, and quietly fearless way. Every law student and lawyer should meet with Patrick for 15 minutes; he will help you unlock your true impactful self. No more "faking it till we make it" or dimming our shine.
- Heidi B.The Process
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