In the "Spirit of Recovery", 0314 ALBJ, 75 The Alabama Lawyer 103 (2014)

• Author: Anna L. Hart and Kim Davidson, co-chairs of the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program Hon. David Carpenter; Robert M. Lee, Sr; Hon. Helen Shores Lee; ASB President Anthony A. Joseph; Hon. Houston Brown; and Hon. Eugene Verin Hon. Houston Brown, Kim Davidson and Robert Thornhill, ALAP executive director
• Position: Vol. 75 2 Pg. 103

In the "Spirit of Recovery"

Vol. 75, No. 2, Pg. 103

Alabama Bar Lawyer

March, 2014

Anna L. Hart and Kim Davidson, co-chairs of the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program

Hon. David Carpenter; Robert M. Lee, Sr; Hon. Helen Shores Lee; ASB President Anthony A. Joseph; Hon. Houston Brown; and Hon. Eugene Verin

Hon. Houston Brown, Kim Davidson and Robert Thornhill, ALAP executive director

Last November, the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Foundation (ALAF) honored the 50th Anniversary of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement at The Spirit of Recovery Celebration Dinner. The foundation teamed up with FOCUS on Recovery for the event, raising money for both great causes. The ALAF is a nonprofit corporation that works with the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program (ALAP) and the ALAP Committee to provide monies for attorneys in need of evaluation or treatment for substance abuse or other mental health issues who lack the resources to secure appropriate help. FOCUS on Recovery is a Birmingham residence for women in early recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.

The Honorable Helen Shores Lee was the keynote speaker; the master of ceremony was the Hon. Houston L. Brown, presiding judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit; and the honorary chair was Anthony Joseph, president of the Alabama State Bar. Among those recognized for service to the bar were the Hon. Raymond Chambliss, the Hon. Eugene Verin, the Hon. Carole Smitherman, the Hon. Caryl Privett, J. Mason Davis, and Robin...