Directory of Lawyer Assistance Programs

ALABAMA
Jeanne Marie Leslie (jeannemarie.leslie@alabar.org), executive director, Alabama Lawyers Helping Lawyers.

ALASKA
Deborah O’Regan (oregan@alaskabar.org), executive director, Alaska Bar Association.

ARIZONA
Hal M. Nevitt (hal.nevitt@staff.azbar.org), director, Arizona’s lawyer assistance program.

ARKANSAS
Sarah Cearley (sarah@arjlap.org), director of client services, Arkansas Lawyers Assistance Program.

CALIFORNIA
Richard Carlton (richard.carlton@calbar.ca.gov), deputy director of the state bar’s lawyer assistance program. Robert Resner (resner2100@comcast.net), consultant coordinator of The Other Bar, a network of recovering lawyers and judges throughout the state; a group dedicated to assisting others within the profession who are suffering from alcohol and substance abuse problems.

COLORADO
John Holt (johnholtlaw@aol.com), director, Colorado Lawyers Helping Lawyers.

CONNECTICUT
Beth D. Griffin (beth@lclct.org), executive director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. LCL’s Web site is www.lclct.org.

DELAWARE
Carol P. Waldhauser (cwaldhauser@de-lap.org), executive director, the lawyer assistance program.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Denise Perme (dperme@dcbar.org), director, District of Columbia Lawyer Assistance Program.

FLORIDA
Michael J. Cohen (michael@fla-lap.org), executive director, Florida Lawyers Assistance Program.

GEORGIA
Steve Brown (steve.brown@familiesfirst.org), director, Georgia Lawyer Assistance Program.

HAWAII
Steven B. Dixon, director (sdixon@interpac.net), Hawaii Supreme Court Attorneys and Judges Assistance Program.

IDAHO
John Southworth (john@southworthassociates.net), director Idaho Lawyer Assistance Program.

ILLINOIS
Susan Riegler (sriegler@illinoislap.org), clinical director, Lawyers Assistance Program, Inc.

INDIANA
Tim Sudrovech (tsudrove@courts.state.in.us), clinical director, Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program.

IOWA
Hugh G. Grady (hughgrady@mac.com), director Iowa Lawyers Assistance Program.

KANSAS
Anne McDonald (mcdonalda@kscourts.org), acting executive director, Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program. The organization’s Web address is www.kalap.com.

KENTUCKY
Anna Columbia (AColumbia@kybar.org), Kentucky Lawyers Assistance Program.

LOUISIANA
William R. Leary (louisianalap@worldnet.att.net), director Louisiana Lawyers Assistance Program.

MAINE
William (Bill) Nugent (maineasstprog1@myfairpoint.net), director, Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers and Judges.

MARYLAND
James P. Quinn (jamesq@msbar.org), director, MSBA’s Lawyer Assistance Program.

MASSACHUSETTS
Jeffrey Fortgang (drjeff@lclma.org), Ph.D., CAS, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.

MICHIGAN
Martha Burkett (mburkett@mail.michbar.org), program administrator, Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program.

MINNESOTA
Joan Bibelhausen (jbibelhausen@mnlcl.org), executive director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.

MISSISSIPPI
Chip Glaze (cglaze@msbar.org), clinical director, Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program.

MISSOURI
Jim Brady (jbrady@mobar.org), director, Missouri Lawyers Assistance Program.

MONTANA
Michael Larson (mlarson@montanabar.org), director, Montana Lawyers Assistance Program.

NEBRASKA
Frederick (Rick) B. Allan (rallan@nebar.com), director, Nebraska Lawyers Assistance Program.

NEVADA
Coe Swobe, coordinator, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. Office/(775) 848-1154, cell/(775) 322-2154.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Cecie Hartigan (cecieh@lapnh.org), executive director, New Hampshire Lawyers Assistance Program.

NEW JERSEY
William John Kane (wkane@njlap.org), director, New Jersey Lawyers Assistance Program.

NEW MEXICO
Jill Anne Yeagley (jyeag@unm.edu), program manager, Lawyers Assistance Committee.

NEW YORK
* Patricia Spataro (pspataro@nysba.org), director NY State Bar Lawyer Assistance Program.
* Eileen Travis (etravis@nycbar.org), director NY City Lawyers Assistance Program.
* Katherine S. Bifaro (kbifaro@eriebar.org), executive director, Erie County Lawyer Assistance Program.
* John W. Crowe (jcrowe@underberg-kessler.com), Monroe County Bar Association.
* Peter Schweitzer (peter@nassaubar.org), Nassau County Lawyers Assistance Program.
* Richard Dakow (drdackow@optonline.net), director Suffolk County Committee on Alcohol & Substance Abuse.

NORTH CAROLINA
* Edmund F. Ward III (eward@ncbar.com), assistant director, North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program.
* Alice G. Roman (aroman@ncbar.org), executive director, Wake County Bar Association.
* Nancy Roberson (nroberson@meckbar.org), executive director, Mecklenburg County Bar.

NORTH DAKOTA
Jane Gilbertson (jane@sband.org), program assistant, Lawyers Assistance Program.

OHIO
* Paul Caimi (pcaimi@ohiolap.org), JD, associate director, Ohio Lawyer Assistance Program, Inc.
* Roderick Linton (rlembright@rodericklinton.com), Akron Bar Association.
* John M. Baker (jbaker@wetongurd.com), Cleveland Bar Association.

OKLAHOMA
Glenn Mirando (mirandolaw@msn.com), director, Oklahoma Lawyers Helping Lawyers.

OREGON
Shari Gregory (sharig@oaap.org), assistant director and attorney/counselor, Oregon Attorney Assistance Program.

PENNSYLVANIA
Kenneth Hagreen (ken@lclpa.org), director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania.

RHODE ISLAND
Helen D. McDonald (hmcdonald@ribar.com), executive director, Rhode Island Helping Lawyers.

SOUTH CAROLINA
J. Robert Turnbull, Jr. (Rturnbull@scbar.org), program director, South Carolina Lawyers Helping Lawyers.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Rebecca A. Porter (rporterlaw@rushmore.com), co-chair, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.

TENNESSEE
Ted Rice, M.Ed. (ted.rice@tscmail.state.tn.us), assistant director, Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program.

TEXAS
Ann Foster (afoster@texasbar.org), director, Texas Lawyers Assistance Program.

UTAH
Marianne McGregor Guelker (admin@lawyershelpinglawyers.org), director, Utah Lawyers Helping Lawyers.

VERMONT
Joshua L. Simonds (jsimonds@mtslegal.com), director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.

VIRGINIA
James E. Leffler (jim@valhl.org), executive director, Lawyers Helping Lawyers.

WASHINGTON STATE
Barbara Harper (barbarah@wsba.org), director, Lawyer Assistance Program.

WEST VIRGINIA
Tim Tinder (tindert@wvbar.org), executive director, West Virginia Committee on Assistance & Intervention.

WISCONSIN
Linda Albert (lalbert@wisbar.org), coordinator, Wisconsin Lawyer Assistance Program.

WYOMING
Tony Lopez (lopezlaw@qwest.net), Wyoming Lawyer Assistance Program.