Voices of Recovery Podcast Series

The ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs has produced a new podcast series about overcoming substance use disorders, mental health issues and addiction. The lawyers featured in this series have all agreed to tell their story in the hope that it will reduce the stigma surrounding these issues and encourage others to get the help they need.

Episode 1

• Laurie Besden
  Executive Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Episode 2

• James Heiting
  Managing Partner of Heiting & Irwin, Past President of the State Bar of California

Episode 3

• Michael Burke
  Executive Director of the Michigan Association of Problem Gamblers, Author of "Never Enough: One Lawyers True Story Of How He Gambled His Career Away"

Episode 4

• Andrew McKenna
  Northeast Market Director for Addiction Campuses, former Federal Prosecutor and attorney in private practice

Episode 5

• Francine Ward
  Business and Intellectual Property Law Attorney, Member of the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs Advisory Committee

Episode 6

• Courtney Wylie
  Former Lawyer, Certified Leadership Coach and Member of the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs Advisory Committee

Episode 7

• Stephanie Mitchell Hughes
  Attorney, writer and speaker working to change the world by sharing her experience with depression and resilience.

Episode 8

• Jeff Zapor
  Case Monitor for the Michigan Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program and a former attorney in private practice.

Episode 9

• Danny
  Attorney in private practice
  

Episode 10

• Lynn Garson
  Attorney in private practice and author of "Southern Vapors" (published 2012) and the upcoming "Sex and the Single Grandma."

The ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs has produced a new podcast series about overcoming substance use disorders, mental health issues and addiction. The lawyers featured in this series have all agreed to tell their story in the hope that it will reduce the stigma surrounding these issues and encourage others to get the help they need.