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October 5, 2020

LCL Offered to Help

Help for MN Lawyers

In 2006, my largest client went out of business. I could not absorb the 80% gross revenue decline caused by this closure. As a result, I went into foreclosure proceedings leading to the loss of my home followed by bankruptcy. In addition, the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board filed a petition against me. I later learned that LCL received a courtesy copy of the petition when it went public … [Read more...]

Article by lcl / Discipline & Practice, Mental Health, Stress / Discipline, OLPR, Stress

September 28, 2020

I Felt Hopeless

LCL Services. Feeling hopeless?

At the close of a big trial, I felt very down about the way things had gone and the likely outcome. The feeling I had when I walked out of the courtroom with both the client and my managing attorney looking at me was overwhelming. I felt terrible. Not only did I feel an enormous sense of responsibility and disappointment for having let them down, my client (and I) needed an award of attorneys’ … [Read more...]

Article by lcl / Depression, Recovery Stories, Stress / Depression, Stress, Suicide

September 21, 2020

How a Flyer Saved My Life

How a Flyer Saved My Life

Sometime around 2000 or 2001, I received an LCL flyer. I had been through a bitterly contested divorce, had become clinically depressed, and had been seriously abusing alcohol. Although still very much in denial about the extent of my problems, something deep inside told me that I should hold onto this flyer. I put it on a shelf in my office, but I periodically and frequently peeked at it. While I … [Read more...]

Article by lcl / Recovery Stories, Substance Use / Alcohol Use Disorder, Depression, Suicide

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