Thomas Coffey Riesen, Chairperson
5101 N Classen Ste 404
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(405) 843-8444
tcriesen@sbcglobal.net

Donna Lynn Dirickson, Vice Chairperson and BOG Liaison
1100 E Main Ste 305
PO Box 1648
Weatherford, OK 73096
(580) 772-3207
ddirick@swbell.net

Tina Lynn Izadi, YLD Liaison
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 521-4274
tina.izadi@oag.ok.gov

Committee Members: 2009 -- Robert Olen Brooks Jr, Pauls Valley; Angela Denise Chancellor, OKC; Donna L. Dirickson, Weatherford; Donita Douglas, OKC; Avery Alvin Eeds Jr., Elk City; Robert John Fries, Enid; O. Clifton Gooding, OKC; Allen K. Harris, OKC; Gina L. Hendryx, OKC; J. Vince Hightower, Broken Arrow; Michael C Howerton III, Muskogee; Tina L. Izadi, OKC; Melanie Jester, OKC; Sara McFall, Norman; James Von Murray, Stillwater; Jon K. Parsley, Guymon; C. Anne Wootten Richey, Blanchard; Julie Simmons Rivers, OKC; Thomas D. Robertson, Tulsa; Faye Christine Rodgers, Edmond; Don Stephen Strong, OKC; Julie Dianne Strong, Clinton; Jesse J. Worten III, Pawhuska; A. Daniel Woska, Edmond; Daniel David Draper III, Owasso;

2010 -- Phillip W. Gordon, Chickasha; Patricia W. Hatamyar, OKC; William D. LaFortune, Tulsa; Michael Shaw Loeffler, Bristow; Michael C. Mordy, Ardmore; Thomas C. Riesen, OKC; Sutton Aleksandra Smith Murray, Tulsa; Kyle Braden Wasson, OKC;

2011 -- M. Michael Arnett, OKC; Judge Robert Edwin Bacharach, OKC; Valerie L. Baker, OKC; Kelly Dawn Bell, Tulsa; Shannon Elizabeth Bickham, Tulsa; N. K. Bridger-Riley, Tulsa; Douglas E. Brown, OKC; Stephen L. Cale, Tulsa; John Arnold Call, Edmond; Ronald Dean Cates, Tulsa; Charles Edward Chapin, OKC; Amie Rose Colclazier, Seminole; Remona K. Colson, Bartlesville; Elliott Clark Crawford, Edmond; Steven Dee Daniel, Norman; Sherry W. DeBord, Perry; Richard James Denny III, OKC; Donna L. Dirickson, Weatherford; J. William Doolin, Lawton; Mark Eugene Duvall, OKC; Brock Regan Ellis, OKC; Sarah Angela Evans, Norman; Scott Christopher Freeny, OKC; Robert Alden French, OKC; O. Clifton Gooding, OKC; Janna Dunagan Hall, OKC; Martha Moody Hardwick, Tulsa; Rex Allen Hodges, OKC; Hugh Edwin Hood, Tulsa; Kay Allen Hurley, Edmond; Paula Anne Kelly, OKC; Jack Raymond Klahr Jr., Broken Arrow; Amy Adele Lasater, OKC; Cara Allison Gore Lowe, OKC; Steven R. Mackey, Tulsa; Katherine Ruth Mazaheri, OKC; LeAnne McGill, OKC; Glenn M. Mirando, Tulsa; Stephen Joseph Modovsky, Tulsa; Ann Elena Murray, Chickasha; Travis A. Pickens, OKC; Robert Harry Reins, Tulsa; Roger Dean Rinehart, El Reno; Janet Liddell Sharp, Norman; Charles Jeffrey Sifers, OKC; Suzanne Woodrow Snell, Purcell; Ricki Valerie Sonders, OKC; Tasha Anya Steward, Norman; Peggy Stockwell, Norman; Martha Victoria Tehan, OKC; W Keith Thomas, Stillwater; Jeri Diane Towler, Edmond; James Reid Webb, OKC; Nathan Thomas Weems, OKC; John H. Weigel, Altus; John Morris Williams, OKC;

Aims and Objectives

1. The goal of the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program is to provide appropriate referrals, support, intervention, mentoring and other assistance to those attorneys impaired by alcohol or drug use or having other mental health issues.
2. These goals and objectives are met through and by:
1. Utmost confidentiality
2. Statewide coordinated network of Committee members
3. Immediate Response and intervention
4. Personal assessment
5. Toll Free 800 number
6. Educational Programs
7. Journal Articles
8. Part-time Director