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Linda Fang, Chair

Michael Cherry Christopher Graves Aubrie Hicks James Hietala

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Attorneys and Alcohol Abuse

What an honest and generous piece of writing by Gail Ragen on attorneys and alcohol abuse [“Attorneys and Alcohol Abuse: A Personal Recovery Story,” SEPT 2016 NWLawyer]. I remember as a law student going toe-to-toe with the big firm partner at the call-back dinner — drinking grappa at a fancy New York restaurant. I remember trying to get to the cab without my legs buckling from under me. I got the job. I remember passing the bar exam and being met with shots to drink by another partner. I remember the booze-soaked firm retreat at the Four Seasons — laughing at my fellow associate dancing drunk in the hotel fountain. These events were a minefield. Twenty years later, not much has changed, as I watched another attorney vomit up a bottle of Pinot Grigio in a well-appointed hotel room. The problem is out in the open, but the solution seems to be a secret.