Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 19, 2021
Legal ethics and mental health during ‘these uncertain times’
We cope with anxiety, stress, depression and other imbalances in our own ways, such as meditation, physical activity, hobbies, prayer, and escapist entertainment, but there may come a breaking point, or a severely-bending point. We’re only human.
Louie H. Castoria
Partner
Kaufman, Dolowich & Voluck LLP
425 California St 21st Fl
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 926-7601
Fax: (415) 926-7601
Email: lcastoria@kdvlaw.com
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Louie is a mediator with CourtCall Online Dispute Resolution, a member of the Mediation Society, a mandatory settlement officer with the San Francisco County Superior Court, and an adjunct professor of law at Golden Gate University. He won his first U.S. Supreme Court on July 1, 2021.
Law can be a stressful profession.
Some fields of law, especially litigation, are adversarial by design. In providing all our legal services we must zealously represent our clients' interests, while other lawyers may be zealously representing opposing interests. Long hours, heavy responsibilities, the constant drumbeat of unforgiving deadlines -- is it any wonder that the Hazelden Betty Ford Clinic estimates 36% of lawyers struggle ...
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