Task Force on Mental Health Awareness

The goal of the Task Force on Mental Health Awareness is to educate our colleagues about mental health challenges confronting our profession and to destigmatize those issues and concerns. The Task Force seeks to improve understanding among our colleagues about what mental health challenges and related issues of substance abuse and impairment look like, how they impact individuals and the legal system at large, and how best to respond – including by making it easier and acceptable for affected individuals to seek help without recrimination or stigmatization. Through publication and circulation of available resources, we seek to enable our colleagues to recognize when help might be needed and to provide meaningful support, making it easier for affected individuals to find the help they need.

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James A. Brown

Chair

Liskow & Lewis

New Orleans, LA

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Sandra Barton

Member

Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Toronto, ON

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John T. Broderick, Jr.

Member

Dartmouth Hitchcock

Bedford, NH

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Patricia L. Dodge

Member

US District Court, Western Dist of PA

Pittsburgh, PA

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Dicky Grigg

Member

Law Office of Dicky Grigg, PC

Austin, TX

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Charles I. Joseph

Member

Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones, P.A.

Baltimore, MD

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Diane MacArthur

Member

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern Dist. of Illinois

Chicago, IL

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Don S. McKinney

Member

Adams and Reese LLP

New Orleans, LA

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Michelle O'Bonsawin

Member

Supreme Court of Canada

Ottawa, ON

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Veronica A. Richards

Member

Richards & Richards, LLP

Wexford, PA

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Stephen G. Schwarz

Member

Faraci Lange, LLP

Rochester, NY

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Joseph B. Shumofsky

Member

Sills Cummis & Gross, PC

Newark, NJ

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Julie L. Willoughby

Member

Law Office of Julie Willoughby

Juneau, AK

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Michelle C. Awad, K.C.

Regent Liaison

McInnes Cooper

Halifax, NS