TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 18, 2022

The American Bar Association has appointed Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program (TLAP) Executive Director Buddy Stockwell to its Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs (CoLAP). CoLAP is instrumental in supporting all state LAPs in the development and delivery of top-tier clinical support and monitoring services to judges, lawyers, and law students who are confronting alcoholism, substance use disorders, or any other type of mental health issue such as depression. The Tennessee Supreme Court appointed Stockwell as TLAP executive director in July 2020. Now into his 40th year of recovery from alcoholism, Stockwell has been personally involved in lawyer assistance for 30 years.