Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary
Jan. 26, 2022
Trial court judges suffer from mental illness, too
Being a trial court judge with an anxiety disorder requires coping skills that don’t come naturally. When you add pandemic stress to the job, anxiety management’s importance increases dramatically. But having a diagnosed mental illness does not disqualify from getting the job done.
Yolo County Courthouse
Timothy L. Fall
Judge
Yolo County Superior Court
Civil/Probate/LPS
Timothy L. Fall is a judge for the Yolo County Superior Court in California and was appointed to the bench by former Governor Pete Wilson in 1995. He writes, teaches, and speaks on judicial ethics and about being a judge with an anxiety disorder. His mental health memoir "Running for Judge: Campaigning on the Trail of Despair, Deliverance, and Overwhelming Success," (Wipf and Stock Publishers 2020), is available in print, as well as from Audible and Kindle
Being a trial court judge with an anxiety disorder requires coping skills that don't come naturally. When you add pandemic stress to the job, anxiety management's importance increases dramatically. But having a diagnosed mental illness does not disqualify from getting the job done.
Civil, criminal, probate, juvenile, traffic and family court judges in my courthouse have hundreds of hearings every month. We encourage people to appear remotel...
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