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All contacts with Lawyers Helping Lawyers are completely confidential.
LHL's primary purpose is to assist members of the legal community in recovery. The Secondary purpose of LHL is
to assist lawyers and judges with quality of life issues confronting them through the stress and pressures of life and the practice of law.
LHL operates as a clearinghouse to help
the lawyer or judge find the professional assistance necessary and best suited for the issue presented. To that end, LHL maintains a network of treatment providers and professional
services available throughout the State.
Anyone who calls LHL can be assured that complete confidentiality
will be maintained. Utah's Rules of Professional Conduct expressly recognize LHL as an approved lawyers' assistance program.1 By virtue of this recognition, LHL members are relieved of the duty to report ethical violations discovered as a result of their LHL work. This important exception to Rule 8.3 means that any misconduct or ethical violation discovered or revealed to a member of LHL will
NOT be reported to the Office of Professional Conduct, an employer or anyone else.
Not only is confidentiality maintained, but so is the anonymity of the caller and the
contact. The LHL office is independent from the Bar and is located separate and apart from the Law and Justice Center. LHL does not maintain records as to the personal information of the
callers or the contacts. The only information maintained by LHL is the statistical data relating to the number of calls and general nature of the calls.
Federal regulations on
privacy and confidentiality of alcohol dependency, chemical dependency and mental health information are adhered to by LHL. The LHL network consists of attorneys, many of whom have
themselves recovered from their own dependency issues or through training and experience have successfully dealt with depression, stress or other career related problems.
A lawyer,
judge, member of the legal community or any family member of such may access the program by calling the confidential phone lines of LHL at 579-0404 or 1-800-530-3743 and speak directly to
director Richard Uday, or his assistant, Karianne Jensen. You may also feel free to contact any LHL Board Member listed below, or visit LHL on the worldwide web at
www.LawyersHelpingLawyers.org.
1.Rule 8.3(d), Rules of Professional Conduct, Utah Code of Judicial Administration.
Stanley S. Adams
(801) 363-0177
Michael E. Bulson
(801) 394-9431
Louis H. Callister, Jr.
(801) 530-7322
Roberto G. Culas
(801) 377-7783
Les D. Curtis
(801) 356-3313
Richard M. Dibblee
(801) 297-7029
Dr. Vickie R. Gregory
(801) 272-1977
Michael K. Jones
(801) 254-9450
Rebecca R. Long
(801) 328-1162
Suzanne Marychild
(435) 753-7400
Jack M. Morgan
(801) 531-7444
Douglas L. Neeley
(435) 835-5055
Hon. Kenneth Rigtrup
(801) 466-5900
Peter Van Orman
(801) 830-2189
Carolyn D. Zeuthen
(801) 621-3646
Roger F. Cutler (Chair)
(801) 277-0357
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