Texas Appellate Law Podcast

Transition from Bench to Practice and Judicial Mental Health | Justice Scott Field

Apr 7, 2020

32:40

Todd and Jody talk with Former Justice Scott Field, Third Court of Appeals, about transitioning from the bench to private practice and judicial mental health. Justice Field shares insights from the bench on effective advocacy and opens up about difficult times that judges have from some of the issues that they face.

Please contact Todd and Jody with questions, suggestions, or feedback on the episodes:

Todd todd@appealsplus.com Jody jody.sanders@kellyhart.com

Information on items discussed:

Scott Field: https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/scott-field/ On Twitter: @ScottKingField

Texas’s Third Court of Appeals in Austin: http://www.txcourts.gov/3rdcoa.aspx

Justice Raul Gonzalez, who Todd and Scott clerked for: http://www.justiceraulgonzalez.com/

Amanda Taylor, Scott’s partner and another great appellate lawyer: https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/amanda-taylor/

The Austin Lawyer article (p. 12):

https://www.austinbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/AL_Feb2020_loRes.pdf

The Texas Lawyer article: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2020/02/27/the-mental-challenges-judges-face/?slreturn=20200231130747

Erica Grigg, Texas Lawyers Assistance Program: https://www.tlaphelps.org/

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