Executive Director's Report

• Publication year: 2018
• Pages: 0010
• Citation: Vol. 79 No. 1 Pg. 0010

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Vol. 79 No. 1 Pg. 10
The Alabama Lawyer
January, 2018

Phillip W. McCallum
phillip.mccallum@alabar.org

Pictured above are Tuscaloosa attorney Jim Standridge (center) with ASB President Augusta Dowd and Executive Director Phillip McCallum at the October BBC meeting held at the University of Alabama School of Law. For many years, Standridge has been providing help to attorneys struggling with a substance use disorder. He has participated in numerous interventions and has served as a mentor to many attorneys in early recovery. Because of his life-changing assistance to his fellow attorneys, he was chosen the second recipient of the "Executive Director's MVP Award."

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