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Attorney and legal analyst Marc Lamber leads the dynamic injury law team of Lamber Goodnow at Fennemore Craig in Phoenix, AZ. Marc founded the Plaintiff Personal Injury (PI) practice at the firm, and he has spent the last 27 years developing and honing it, representing a multitude of accident victims and their families resulting […]
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Lawyers seem to really love podcasts. In fact, one of our most popular blog posts of all time was on the Top Ten Legal Podcasts. Today, in light of the Legal Wellness Retreat coming up, we turn our attention to wellness podcasts. Here’s what lawyers are listening to for insight into how to live a healthy life: […]
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Rocket Matter is hosting the very first Legal Wellness Retreat on July 18-20. Join us for two beautiful days focusing on your mental and physical well-being. If you sign up before May 1, you’ll receive 33% off. Check out www.legalwellnessretreat.com. Here are 7 other reasons why you should register today:
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Having four kids and being an attorney presents a whole host of challenges. One of them is the constant sense that there just isn’t enough time in a day, a week, a month, a lifetime to do everything that needs to be done. The list of things to be done gets longer and longer, […]
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It’s no secret that law students face a number of stressors while in school. These issues only seem to skyrocket after graduation. As we noted in our recent investigative report on mental health and substance abuse in the legal profession, 28% of licensed, employed lawyers suffer depression, 19% demonstrate symptoms of anxiety, and 21% qualify as problem […]
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In this week’s series on depression and substance abuse in the legal world, we’ve covered various angles of these issues. But now let’s hear from the lawyers themselves on how they try to handle stress in this notoriously stressful industry: “The practice of law is extremely stressful. Most days carry great intensity which makes is […]
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This week’s episode of the 10 Minute Law Firm Podcast focuses on a very important topic: Lawyers and depression. Larry Port interviews Christine Bilbrey, the Senior Practice Management Advisor at The Florida Bar who also heads up a special committee on mental health and wellness for Florida lawyers. In this episode, Christine talks with Larry about the pervasiveness of […]
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As we’ve covered extensively in our series on depression and substance abuse, lawyers fight these issues more than most other professions. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. Finding ways to manage the stress and establish work/life balance, according to Caitlin Hoff, Health and Safety Investigator at Consumer Safety.org, is key for lawyers to avoid […]
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More than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression, according to the World Health Organization. And, as we reported in the first part of our series on the subject, lawyers are more prone to depression than those in other professions. Being unhappy though, isn’t the same as being depressed. We may sometimes use the word […]
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Brian Cuban is a Dallas-based attorney, author, and addiction recovery advocate. His best-selling book, The Addicted Lawyer, Tales of the Bar, Booze, Blow, and Redemption, is a look back at how addiction to alcohol and drugs as well as other mental health issues destroyed his career as a once successful lawyer. He addresses how he redefined his life […]
