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Judge Patrick Wilcox is a fictional character portrayed by Richard McGonagle in the TV series The Practice.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Part IV (season 1), they were 50 years old.
They appear in 16 episodes out of a total of 167 aired

Judge Patrick Wilcox

by Richard McGonagle

character

Episodes16

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    Part IV
    episode S1.E4 march 1997
    An extremely nervous Lindsey goes up against the tobacco industry and her old Law School Professor in her very first jury trial. Outraged by the release of his daughter's killer, Dr. Braun takes matters into his own hands.
  • 7.4
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    Race with the Devil
    episode S2.E12 december 1997
    Bobby's priest becomes a client after a woman suffers a fatal heart attack during an exorcism.
  • 7.8
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    The Battlefield
    episode S3.E5 october 1998
    Lindsay takes on Anderson Pearson's appeal, claiming Judge Hiller was wrong in not letting them argue self defense. Ellenor and Eugene prepare for the Vogleman trial, turning over every rock to find a defense. Jimmy defends his cousin, sued for wrongful termination, after firing a woman for being Iranian.
  • 7.2
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    Of Human Bondage
    episode S3.E14 february 1999
    A colleague of Bobby's asks him to take on a case of a prostitute accused of murder, until he discovers he is much more involved than he led on. Ellenor defends one of her first clients for possession charges, and Jimmy teaches Rebecca a valuable lesson in dealing with unreasonable clients.
  • 7.6
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    Do Unto Others
    episode S3.E22 may 1999
    Eugene represents a popular Rabbi, accused of raping a young woman. While the Rabbi claims the sex was consensual, and part of a game they used to play, Eugene is horrified to discover she wasn't the only woman ever to accuse him of rape.
  • 7.5
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    Blowing Smoke
    episode S4.E11 january 2000
    In a personally and racially charged trial, Rebecca defends an old boyfriend, a police officer, who is accused of murder after shooting a man to death in a store, convinced he was about to rob the place. Lindsay sues a cigar company for breaking up a marriage, and reveals her fears about her own relationship with Bobby.
  • 7.9
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    Till Death Do Us Part
    episode S4.E19 april 2000
    Rebecca represents an elderly woman with Alzheimer's, recently remarried, whose daughter is trying to have the marriage annulled. But the woman's testimony in the hearing opens up a big can of worms concerning the truth about the death of her first husband. Meanwhile, Ellenor goes to a higher court in another attempt to get a DNA test in the case of Stuart Donovan, whose execution is only two weeks away.
  • 7.4
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    Awakenings
    episode S5.E15 february 2001
    Ellenor's sperm-donor has second thoughts about their agreement for him to give up his parental rights, and Jimmy surprises her when he stands by her and volunteers to represent her. Lucy is paged by the rape crisis center to help an 11 year-old rape victim, whose rapist Helen is preparing to prosecute. Meanwhile, a disoriented Rebecca wakes up from her coma, and gets lost in the hospital.
  • 7.9
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    Liar's Poker
    episode S6.E3 october 2001
    Lindsay represents a young man accused of murder, and is shocked when new ADA Alan Lowe makes an extremely questionable maneuver to nail her client. Jimmy represents a bookie, to whom he is in grave debts, in a very messy divorce, until it escalates to murder.
  • 8.2
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    Honor Code
    episode S6.E6 november 2001
    The firm is hired by an insurance company in the trial of a little boy who got hit by a car, until the company's doctor uncovers evidence the he suffers from an extremely life threatening condition. Everyone is horrified when the insurance company orders them not to reveal that to the boy's parents, putting his life in grave danger. Jimmy, however, refuses to comply with those orders, telling the boy's parents everything - and is shocked to discover Eugene has reported him to the bar, recommending his immediate disbarment.
  • 7.5
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    Manifest Necessity
    episode S6.E16 march 2002
    Bobby and Jimmy defend a client accused of killing his business partner, but when one of the witnesses ends up dead, things get a little more complicated. Meanwhile, Lindsay has a client who seems determined to want to go to prison.
  • 7.7
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    The Return of Joey Heric
    episode S6.E18 april 2002
    Joey Herric returns to the firm, surprising everybody when he declares he has passed the bar, and is now a lawyer. He asks for Bobby and Ellenor's help in his first trial, a murder case, where he represents a man accused of killing a woman he was having an affair with. As the trial progresses, they become frustrated when Joey doesn't seem to really be needing their help - until the real reason he wanted them to be there is finally revealed.
  • 7.2
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    Bad to Worse
    episode S7.E8 december 2002
    Ellenor and Eugene defend a client who is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend, and whose alibi turns out to be pretty shaky. Meanwhile, Lindsay, trying to build up her own practice, represents an airline that is being sued because they refuse to fly Arabs.
  • 7.1
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    Burnout
    episode S7.E17 march 2003
    Ellenor and Jimmy defend a woman accused of killing her brother-in-law. Jamie represents a woman suing a prospective employer, because she wasn't hired. Bobby and Lindsay's marriage is in trouble.
  • 7.2
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    Heroes and Villains
    episode S7.E20 april 2003
    Jamie has to deal with her past, when she is persuaded by the D.A to testify against the guy who raped her four years ago. Things get more complicated by the fact that Eugene is the defendant's lawyer. Lindsay is revisited by Stanley Deeks, who seems to have turned his life around.
  • 7.4
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    Blessed Are They
    episode S8.E4 october 2003
    Alan gets appointed to defend a serial toilet cleaner. Sheila, becoming more unstable, jumps at defending a taxidermist stuffing his mom's head. Brad gets another lawyer,