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For Jerry Braun, a Career of Addiction in Law

May 12, 2019 Media Coverage
Law.com

It took a doctor’s intervention and being hauled off by the county sheriff to put Jerry Braun, co-founder of Farella Braun + Martel, on the path to recovery and to assisting other lawyers.

Mr. Braun is past president of The Other Bar, an organization designed to help alcoholics in the legal profession. He also is the founder, president and co-director of The Other Road Foundation, a non-profit group that underwrites treatment for recovering alcoholics.

Read the profile, here (subscription required).

This story is part of a special report on mental health and the legal profession from Law.com: Minds over Matters.

The Other Bar - Recovery for Lawyers in California
https://otherbar.org/  /  24 hours a day: (800) 222-0767

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