Steven Benesh, 2024 president of the State Bar of Texas. Credit: Bracewell. Steve Benesh's Top Goals Include Helping Lawyers in Crisis
On a listening tour for his candidacy, an issue that kept coming up was the need for attorneys to take over the dockets of lawyers being treated for mental illness or substance abuse.
August 27, 2024 at 02:28 PM
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What You Need to Know
- Bracewell partner Steve Benesh, as president of the state bar, is leading an initiative to create a pool of volunteer attorneys.
- Their purpose would be to temporarily take over docket management of cases belonging to attorneys in crisis.
- The idea is for TLAP to coordinate with local bars to manage cases for attorneys being treated for substance abuse, mental illness.
Steve Benesh, an Austin-based partner at Bracewell, has been touring the state to introduce himself to regional bar associations as the current president of the State Bar of Texas.
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