Ronald S. Davis, Glencoe Thomas M. Donnelly, Chicago Christina M. Egan, Chicago Rita Aliese Fry, Chicago Michael J. Howlett, Jr., Chicago Matthew J. Iverson, Chicago Martha A. Mills, Chicago Patrick W. O'Brien, Chicago Barbara Sullivan Sereda, Northbrook Hon. Return to Contents LAP Services LAP services are provided by its trained, volunteer judges and attorneys and its executive director, who is a licensed attorney and a trained peer counselor and intervenor. Consultation is provided to law firms, organizations, and individuals, regarding chemical dependency and mental health issues in the work-place. Referral options and recommendations are discussed with clients regarding appropriate treatment organizations, agencies and private practitioners. Peer assistance is available to colleagues and family members, also.
LAP matches clients with trained volunteers who share similar demographic characteristics.
Frequently a volunteer accompanies the client to a 12-step meeting. An intervention is a group process initiated by family, friends or colleagues with the objective of confronting a chemically dependent attorney, judge or law student with the facts of his or her using behavior. The intervention is coordinated by a trained, experienced LAP intervenor. A LAP intervention usually includes three LAP intervenors, at least one being a judge and at least one intervenor who is recovering. Interventions, which take place in a judges chambers, are well planned and rehearsed.