State Bar of Michigan

So insurance wouldn't be the thing that pays you back if a lawyer steals your money.

What does exist is the State Bar of Michigan's Client Protection Fund.

That's

who I was referring to, yeah.

Hello, and welcome to the State Bar of Michigan's My Lawyer Podcast, a podcast for legal professionals focused on ways to improve how you practice and protect your wellbeing.

I'm Molly Ranns, director of the Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program.

And I'm Savannah Polemeni, practice management counsel of the State Bar of Michigan.

On this episode of My Lawyer, we're thrilled to welcome our guest, Patrick Krill, to discuss the very recent 10-year follow-up survey on lawyer wellbeing, by far the largest study of lawyer mental health and wellbeing ever conducted, also ranking among the largest profession or subpopulation specific mental health surveys ever carried out.

Patrick is a lawyer, licensed and board-certified addiction counselor, researcher, author, and advocate who has spearheaded numerous groundbreaking efforts to improve mental health in the legal profession.

The Michigan Supreme Court also reviewed that decision and found nothing.

In addition to that, lawyers are licensed by the Michigan Bar Association or the State Bar of Michigan, and there were no indications of any wrongdoing on my part.

The difficulty when someone actually levies a charge against someone else and it's an ethical violation, is that that can stay out there and it can be misrepresented because the information is not correct, and I think that can be one of the most difficult things, is when there is misinformation given to the public and they believe that's true.

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