Pamela Withey represented Sojourn, a domestic violence shelter, in legal proceedings tied to both the criminal and civil trials. Her most prominent appearance came in January 1995, when she argued a motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum that sought records potentially spanning tens of thousands of documents dating back to Sojourn's founding in 1977. Withey navigated the ambiguities of California's domestic violence counselor privilege statute, pressing Judge Ito to make specific findings on whether the privilege survived Nicole Brown Simpson's death and whether the estate trustee, Louis Brown, could authorize disclosure. She also fought to protect the nonprofit's limited resources, negotiating for Sojourn employees — rather than outside parties — to conduct any court-ordered document searches at a reasonable hourly rate.