Note From the Editor, 0317 ALBJ, 78 The Alabama Lawyer 106 (2017)

• Author: Gregory H. Hawley, J.

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Vol. 78 No. 2 Pg. 106

Alabama Bar Lawyer

March, 2017

Gregory H. Hawley, J.

Dealing with Difficulties

For nine months or more, the Editorial Board and a team of lawyer-authors have worked on this issue of The Alabama Lawyer, devoted to issues surrounding the stress of practicing law and, in particular, the resources that are available through the Alabama State Bar's Lawyer Assistance Program. As you know, Robert Thornhill is the director of this excellent program.

All of these articles were written by Alabama lawyers. Most of them chose to remain anonymous so that they could fully disclose their experiences without any hint of stigma. On the other hand, some decided that the best way to encourage open discussion about these diseases and syndromes-and perhaps chip away at stigma-was to publish their experiences openly and with attribution. The Alabama Lawyer finds both of these rationales understandable, and puts much value on the authors' willingness to share their experiences.

We hope that other Alabama lawyers will find lessons of encouragement in all these pieces. Of course, we thank Robert Thornhill for spearheading this effort.

Tony McLain's untimely death on January 1 was a surprise to many. We honor and remember Tony by publishing in this issue three eulogies from Tony's funeral...