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Doug Brown, JD
Doug Brown, JD Summit Success International
Mindful Lawyers Boosting Productivity, Well-Being, and Mental Health
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Mindful Lawyers: Boosting Productivity, Well-Being, and Mental Health

This program gives you practical frameworks for recognizing burnout before it breaks you, managing stress that actually works in legal practice, and building work-life integration that fits your reality. Real strategies from someone who's been there — not theory from someone who hasn't practiced law.

Core Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize early warning signs of burnout in yourself and colleagues
  • Apply practical stress management strategies that work in legal practice
  • Build personalized systems for sustainable performance
  • Develop work-life integration approaches that fit your practice reality
  • Create action plans you'll actually use on Monday morning

What Makes This Different:

  • Taught by a practicing attorney who's experienced panic attacks and burnout firsthand
  • No corporate wellness platitudes — just what works in actual law practice
  • Includes self-assessments so you know where you stand
  • Provides scripts and frameworks you can use immediately
  • Addresses real lawyer challenges: ADHD, perfectionism, people-pleasing, imposter syndrome
Topics covered include:
Attorney Wellness Law Practice Legal Ethics
Agenda:
  • Introduction
    • Program overview and what you'll walk away with
    • The connection between mental health and ethical practice
    • Why this matters more than another billable hour

  • Understanding Stress and Overwhelm
    • The physiology of chronic stress (what's actually happening in your body)
    • Common stress sources specific to legal practice
    • Doug's story: When panic attacks show up during negotiations
    • Quick self-assessment: Where are you right now?

  • Practical Strategies for Managing Stress
    • Why self-care is nearly impossible for lawyers (and how to make it easier)
    • Framework for identifying your chronic stressors
    • Specific tactics for burnout, overwhelm, and panic attacks
    • Addressing common challenges: ADHD, OCD, perfectionism, people-pleasing, procrastination, imposter syndrome
    • What to do when your brain won't stop at 3 AM

  • Maintaining Work-Life Balance
    • Why "balance" doesn't work and what does
    • Boundary-setting that actually holds (with scripts for difficult conversations)
    • Managing difficult people without losing your mind
    • Communication strategies that protect your time and sanity
    • Self-management when you're the problem

  • Seeking Professional Help & Next Steps
    • When good self-care isn't enough
    • Types of professional help available
    • Taking the first step (it's easier than you think)
    • Your action plan for the next week
    • Resources that actually help

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Duration of this webinar: 60 minutes
Originally broadcast: February 19, 2026 10:00 AM PT
Recording Available Soon
Speaker
Doug Brown, JD
Doug Brown, JD The Law Firm Leadership Coach
Summit Success

Doug Brown, JD is The Law Firm Leadership Coach and Chief Learning Officer at Summit Success, LLC. As an executive coach and law practice consultant, he shares practical strategies for sustainable legal practice and attorney well-being. After experiencing panic attacks during high-stakes negotiations and receiving an ADHD diagnosis in his early 50s, Doug developed frameworks that work with your wiring, not against it. His experience includes private and in-house legal practice, serving as chief executive of the Connecticut Bar Association, and designing MBA leadership programs for experienced executives. Doug's approach: practical strategies from someone who's been there, not theory from someone who hasn't practiced law. Read More ›

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits

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Alabama CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

Alaska CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

California CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Wellness Competence

Hawaii CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

Illinois CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Professional Responsibility - Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Indiana CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

Nebraska CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Professional Responsibility

New Jersey CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.20 Ethics/Professionalism

Ohio CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Attorney Professional Conduct

Pennsylvania CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics, Professionalism, or Substance Abuse

South Carolina CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Substance Abuse/Mental Health

Difficulty: All Levels

Texas CLE

Status: Pending

Credits: TBD


This presentation is approved for one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Alabama, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Alaska, one hour of Wellness Competence CLE credit in California, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Hawaii, one hour of Professional Responsibility - Mental Health & Substance Abuse CLE credit in Illinois, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Indiana, one hour of Professional Responsibility CLE credit in Nebraska, one hour of Attorney Professional Conduct CLE credit in Ohio, one hour of Ethics, Professionalism, or Substance Abuse CLE credit in Pennsylvania, and one hour of Substance Abuse/Mental Health CLE credit in South Carolina (all levels). This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.20 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.20 qualify as total hours of credit for Ethics/Professionalism. An application for accreditation of this activity has been submitted to the MCLE Committee of the State Bar of Texas and is pending.

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