Drug-addicted attorneys & judges

The Oregon Supreme Court approves of the use and the possession of narcotics by Oregon attorneys. The Oregon legislature has passed criminal laws relating to the possession and the use of narcotics. With the approval of the Oregon Supreme Court, an unknown number of members of the Oregon judiciary are exempt from these criminal laws. An Oregon Attorney Assistance Program (OAAP) was created by the Oregon Bar Association, with the full knowledge and approval of the Oregon Supreme Court. Lawyers and judges can get assistance from the OAAP with their drug habit. An unknown number of Oregon lawyers/judges have a dependency with alcoholism. With the approval of the Oregon Supreme Court, the names of chemically dependent attorneys and judges are held confidential and shall not be released. The chemically dependant attorneys and judges are not arrested, and unlike the rest of Oregon citizens, they do not spend any time in jail. Our jails are filled with people who have been arrested for the use and the possession of narcotics -- but not attorneys and judges. Another example where lawyers consider themselves above the law -- another example where the courts are a participant in criminal activity. What are your chances of being represented by a competent attorney or appear before a competent judge, when they are permitted to possess and use narcotics and alcohol at any time -- even prior to or in court? If you are arrested on drug charges, what are the chances that the judge who is sentencing you -- and your attorney who is helping you agree to a plea-bargain -- are drug-addicted and protected by the OAAP?

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION - A California attorney, who receives a second drunk driving conviction, risks losing the license to practice law. In fact, a second D.W.I. conviction for an attorney usually will result in the bar license being lifted unless the attorney enters and completes some drug treatment program. In addition, the attorney will usually be required to take courses in professional ethics as well. All of these sanctions for drunk diving will be imposed regardless of whether or not the drunk driving had anything to do with the furnishing of legal services to a client.
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In California, for example, if an attorney is drunk in the law office and gives advice to a client which is correct, then the attorney has not violated the canons of professional responsibility because his advice was correct and therefore was not impaired mentally.
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The Colorado Supreme Court in May 1992, suspended attorney, Lawrence David Rhodes, for three years after entering a guilty plea in the El Paso County District Court to one count of distribution of a controlled substance, cocaine. COLORADO LAWYER (Aug. 1992)

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BAR ASSOCIATIONS:

Alabama: http://www.alabar.org/
Alaska: http://www.alaskabar.org/
Arizona: http://www.azbar.org/
Arkansas: http://www.arkbar.com/
California: http://www.calbar.org/
Colorado: http://www.cobar.org/index.htm
Connecticut: http://www.ctbar.org/
Delaware: http://www.dsba.org/
District of Columbia: http://www.dcbar.org/
Florida: http://www.flabar.org/
Georgia: http://www.gabar.org/
Hawaii: http://www.hsba.org/
Hawaii State Bar Association
1136 Union Mall, Penthouse 1
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
(808) 537-1868

Idaho: http://www2.state.id.us/isb/
Illinois: http://www.illinoisbar.org/
Indiana: http://www.ai.org/isba/
Iowa: http://www.iowabar.org/main.nsf
Kansas: http://www.ksbar.org/
Kentucky: http://www.kybar.org/
Kentucky Bar Association
514 West Main Street
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1883
(502) 564-3795

Louisiana: http://www.lsba.org/
Maine: http://www.mainebar.org/
Maryland: http://www.msba.org/
Massachusetts: http://www.massbar.org/
Michigan: http://www.michbar.org/
State Bar of Michigan
Membership Services Department
Michael Frank Building
306 Townsend Street
Lansing, Michigan 48933-2083
(517) 346-6326, ext. 6326
(800) 968-1442, ext. 6326

Minnesota: http://www.mnbar.org/
Mississippi: http://www.msbar.org/
The Mississippi Bar
643 North State Street
P.O. Box 2168
Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2168
(601) 948-4471

Missouri: http://www.mobar.org/
Montana: http://www.montanabar.org/
Nebraska: http://www.nebar.com
Nebraska State Bar Association
P.O. Box 81809
Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-1809
(402) 475-7091

Nevada: http://www.nvbar.org/
New Hampshire: http://www.nhbar.org/
New Jersey: http://www.njsba.com/
New Mexico: http://www.nmbar.org/
New York: http://www.nysba.org/
North Carolina: http://www.barlinc.org/
http://www.ncbar.com/home/lamp.htm

North Dakota: No bar association online
Ohio: http://www.ohiobar.org/
Oklahoma: http://www.okbar.org/
Oregon: http://www.osbar.org/
Pennsylvania: http://www.pa-bar.org/
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Public Affairs Department
100 South Street
P.O. Box 186
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108
(717) 238-6715, ext. 253
(800) 932-0311

Rhode Island: http://ribar.com/
South Carolina: http://www.scbar.org/
(http://www.scbar.org/public.asp)

South Dakota: http://www.sdbar.org/
Tennessee: http://www.tba.org/index.html
Texas: http://www.texasbar.com/start.htm
Utah: http://www.utahbar.org/
Vermont: http://www.vtbar.org/
Virginia: http://www.vsb.org/
Washington: http://www.wsba.org/
West Virginia: http://www.wvbar.org/
Wisconsin: http://www.wisbar.org/home.htm
http://www.legalexplorer.com/main.asp#top

Wyoming: http://www.wyomingbar.org/
Wyoming State Bar
500 Randall Avenue
P.O. Box 109
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003-0109
(303) 632-9061