On Feb. 15, 2013, Georgia State Bar President Robin Clark appointed the Suicide Prevention and Awareness Committee. She chose one of us to be its chairman. The response to this new committee has included innumerable untold stories that can break the hearts of even the most experienced and seasoned litigators.
Sadly, almost every attorney knows someone who has attempted or committed suicide. Yet, other than an occasional oblique reference in an news story, this issue rarely makes the headlines. No one wants to talk about it, and law firms move past it quietly and quickly. But attorney suicide remains quite real.
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