Out of the Shadows: The Impact of Substance Abuse
Total Credits: 3 CLE, 3 Ethics
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- Categories:
- Stress or Substance Abuse
- Faculty:
- Nancy A Greenlee | Jennifer B Fite | Hal Nevitt | Michael R Dekker | Christopher J Feasel | Monica Faria
- Access:
- Expires 180 day(s) after program date.
Description
Substance abuse continues to be a growing problem; it impacts clients, their families and lawyers. Lawyers encounter clients with substance abuse issues in every practice area. Substance abuse also impacts those involved in the court system. But it’s not just “those other people;” US legal professionals demonstrate higher than anticipated rates of problem drinking and alcohol abuse and a significant number of lawyers report misuse of prescription and other drugs. Join our faculty in exploring the myriad of ways in which substance abuse impacts lawyers and the practice of law, including:
- How casual use differs from abuse or addiction
- Treatments available for substance abuse
- Warning signs of a potential problem
- How to approach people who are addicted or have addictive tendencies
- How substance abuse plays out in court, particularly in juvenile and family court
- How substance abuse impacts the lawyer admissions and lawyer discipline processes
Chair:
Jennifer B. Fite, Lawyer Assistance Program Director, State Bar of Arizona
Faculty:
Dr. Michael A. Dekker, DO, Arizona Professionals Health Program
Dr. Monica Faria, M.D. FASAM, Arizona Professionals Health Program
Chris Feasal, Resnick & Louis, P.C.
Nancy Greenlee, Attorney at Law
Hal M. Nevitt LCSW/CEAP
Faculty
Nancy A Greenlee Related Seminars and Products
Nancy A. Greenlee, sole practitioner, specializes in representing lawyers in disciplinary proceedings. From 1990 to 1996, she served as a State Bar of Arizona staff bar counsel responsible for investigation and prosecution of matters involving violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Nancy was a member of the State Bar of Arizona Ethics Committee from 2007 to 2016. She is the chair of the State Bar of Arizona Ethics Advisory Group. She is a former lawyer member of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct and a former Board member of the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Maricopa County Bar Association. Nancy graduated, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1986, and worked in private practice, handling primarily plaintiff’s personal injury cases and general litigation matters including some dissolution cases. Nancy frequently serves as a panel member for CLE seminars dealing with professional conduct and ethics. She can be reached at (602) 264-8110 or nancy@nancygreenlee.com.
Jennifer B Fite Related Seminars and Products
State Bar of Arizona
Jennifer Fite is the Lawyer Assistance Programs Director for the State Bar of Arizona. Before joining the Bar, Jennifer had a varied career working primarily in civil litigation, most recently serving as Litigation Attorney and Managing Partner of a small firm. Jennifer has a Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale and received her Bachelors of Arts in International Relations from the University of Southern California. She has been licensed to practice in the State of Arizona since 2002 and is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the United States Supreme Court. She is a past Judge Pro Tempore.