DRI Cares
R. Matthew Cairns |
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Misconceptions about attorneys abound: we are money grubbers, we revel in the argument, we lack compassion as we strive always for victory for our clients, we are workaholics (well maybe that one is true for a lot of us), or we are heartless. Unfortunately, most people do not see what lawyers do behind the scenes, often quietly, to make the profession and society better for our colleagues, families and neighbors. Lawyers really do care about things beyond their clients and their firms’ bottom lines.
DRI Cares. And because DRI Cares we are including on our website a new section that is designed to do two important things. First, it is a collecting point for links and information to help attorneys beyond DRI’s traditional resources. Here you will find links to lawyers’ assistance programs in every state – programs designed to help lawyers in crisis or to help lawyers whose colleagues are in crisis. You will also find links to resources to help in the never ending crusade to achieve a better life-work-family balance, because if a lawyer is not happy in her/his personal life, odds are they will not be as effective an attorney in their professional lives. If you have links or resources to suggest, please do so because this is about helping one another. The second part of the DRI Cares section of the website is to recognize our members that do give back. Whether it is through annual food drives at the holidays or buying a refrigerator for a food bank in crisis or building a Habitat for Humanity house, we want to hear from you. Contact DRI via email at dricares@dri.org. Our service projects at various seminars are popular and successful, but we are, as a group and individuals, doing more – let’s tell the world!
I look forward to watching this part of the website grow and learning more about what all of us are doing for one another and our communities. DRI is about relationships – let’s build relationships of caring with our colleagues and communities. The profession, our firms, our families and DRI will be better for it.
ArizonaMember Assistance ProgramState Bar of Arizona 602-340-7313 Crisis Line 800-681-3057 24 hours www.myAZbar.org/members/map |
CaliforniaThe Other BarBob Resner 415-482-9500 800-222-0767 www.otherbar.org |
CanadaCanada Ontario Lawyers Assistance ProgramLeota Embleton, Program Manager 5025 Orbitor Drive, Bldg. 2, Suite 220 Mississauga ON L4W 4Y5 Local Phone: 905-238-1740 Toll Free Phone: 877-576-6227 www.olap.ca |
ColoradoJudith G. Braun, CEAPVice President of Business Development Mines and Associates, P.C. 303-832-1068 ext. 4980 800-873-7138 ext. 4980 303-246-4608 (cell) jgbraun@minesandassociates.com www.minesandassociates.com |
ConnecticutBeth D. GriffinLawyers Concerned for Lawyers - CT, Inc. 2080 Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-4900 860-563-4902 fax www.lclct.org | FloridaMichael CohenExecutive Director Florida Lawyers Assistance 800-282-8981 (toll free) 954-566-9040 (office) 954-568-0803 (fax) www.fla-lap.org |
HawaiiHawaii Supreme Court Attorneys and JudgesAssistance Program Steve Dixon, JD, Executive Director 801 Alakea St., Ste. 209 Honolulu, HI 96813 808-531-2880 | IdahoJohn Southworth, CADCProgram Coordinator Idaho Lawyer Assistance Program Lori Barnes, Assistant 208-323-9555 (office) 208-891-4726 (cellular) 800-386-1695 (toll free) 208-323-9222 (fax) lap@southworthassociates.net |
IllinoisLawyer's Assistance Program, Inc.Janet Piper Voss Executive Director 20 South Clark Street, Suite 1820 Chicago, IL 60603 312-726-6607 800-LAP-1233 jpvoss@illinoislap.org www.illinoislap.org | IndianaTerry L. Harrell, JD, LCSW, MACExecutive Director Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program 320 North Meridian Street, Suite 516 317-833-0370 866-428-5527 (toll free) 317-833-0371 www.IN.gov/judiciary/ijlap |
KansasKansas Lawyers Assistance ProgramWally Underhill Executive Director 1-888-342-9080 www.kalap.com | MinnesotaJoan Bibelhausen, JDExecutive Director Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers 2550 University Avenue West, Suite 313N St. Paul, MN 55114 651-646-5590 866-525-6466 (toll-free) 651-646-2364 (fax) www.mnlcl.org |
MontanaLawyers Assistance ProgramMike Larson Executive Director 15 North Walnut Street Dillion, MT 59725 888-385-9119 | NebraskaRick B. AllanDirector Nebraska Lawyers Assistance Program 402-475-6527 (office 888-584-6527 (toll free) 402-475-7098 (fax) rallan@nebar.com |
New HampshireCecile B. HartiganExecutive Director New Hampshire Lawyers Assistance Program 26 South Main Street #261 Concord, NH 03301 603-545-8967 (cell) 603-228-4694 (fax) 877-224-6060 (toll free) www.lapnh.org | New JerseyLawyers Assistance ProgramWilliam Kane Executive Director 800-246-5527 www.njlap.org |
New MexicoLawyers Assistance ProgramJill Anne Yeagley, MSW, LADAC, LISW NM Lawyers Assistance Program 228-1948; 800-860-4914 jyeag@unm.edu | North DakotaJustine Rowinski Director of CLE Compliance & CommunicationsBismark, ND 58502 701-255-1404 701-224-1621 (fax) www.sand.org |
TexasTexas Lawyers Assistance ProgramCameronVann www.texasbar.com/tlap 800-343-8527 | VermontLawyers Assistance Program802-443-9109 ext.21 |
VirginiaLawyers Helping Lawyers600 E. Main Street, Suite 2035 Richmond, Virginia 23219 Phone: (804)644-3212 *Confidential Voice Mail Fax: (804)644-5510 Toll Free Number: 877-LHL-INVA info@valhl.org | Washington DCDC Bar Lawyer Assistance Program1250 H Street, 6th Floor Washington DC 20005 202-347-3131 lap@dcbar.org www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/bar_services/counseling/index.cfm |