CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Neal Gerber Eisenberg is proud to announce that it signed the American
Bar Association’s (ABA) Well-Being Pledge, a national campaign devoted
to advancing health and wellness throughout the legal industry. This
effort is designed to support lawyer well-being and address the
profession’s troubling rates of substance use and mental health issues.
By launching the Being Well initiative, Neal Gerber
Eisenberg will enhance a culture it has long emphasized – its culture of
promoting, supporting and sustaining the holistic well-being of its
attorneys and staff. The initiative will take a multi-dimensional
approach, focusing on physical, mental, social and financial well-being
among all employees. Attorneys and staff will be offered resources,
activities and training workshops on topics ranging from substance
abuse, heart health and stress management, to digital wellness,
meditation and sleep programs. The initiative will kick off with speaker
Patrick Krill, who is the lead author of the 2016 national study on the
prevalence of attorney addiction and mental health problems and
architect of the framework of the ABA Well-Being Pledge.
“The legal industry must continue to evolve. The data, and myriad tragic
anecdotes, tell us that the legal profession is at higher risk than
other professions, yet it largely fosters hiding any sign of weakness,”
said Scott Fisher, Managing Partner of Neal Gerber Eisenberg. “We must
be different. Our firm forged a path several years ago with a formal
impairment policy, which focused on balancing compassion and support
with controlling risk, and we’re very pleased to continue our evolution
through a campaign that addresses head-on the challenges we all confront
– one way or another – every day when it comes to health and well-being.
Maintaining a culture of health in the workplace is critical for the
well-being of our most valuable resource, our people. We also recognize
that it’s not enough to foster a healthy and supportive workplace just
at our own firm, and we are committed as stakeholders in the health and
well-being of our legal community.”
More information is available at ABA
Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession.
Neal Gerber Eisenberg is a leading law firm dedicated to handling
sophisticated matters for entrepreneurs, public companies, and private
businesses and their owners. Our attorneys provide legal business
solutions to public and private entities of all types—including Fortune
100 companies, financial institutions, nonprofits and high net worth
individuals—in connection with domestic and global business transactions
and litigation. The firm has built over thirty years of trusted
partnerships with clients that span the globe, and we meet each unique
client need with the same personalized service and collaboration that
provide the most practical solutions for every matter.
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