Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 5 - Judge David Shaheed

<p>Chris Newbold:               </p> <p>Hello and welcome to episode five of our podcast series, The Path to Well-Being in Law, an initiative of the <a href='https://lawyerwellbeing.net'>National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being</a>. I'm your co-host, Chris Newbold of ALPS Malpractice Insurance and our goal here is simple. To introduce you to cool people doing awesome work in the space of lawyer well-being and in the process, build and nurture a national network of well-being advocates content on creating a culture shift within the legal profession. I'm joined by my incredible tag team partner, Bree Buchanan. Bree, welcome.</p> <p>Bree Buchanan:             </p> <p>Thanks. How are you?</p> <p>Chris Newbold:               </p> <p>Good. Today, we're going to turn to a critical element of the well-being picture and that's judicial well-being. So often when we think about well-being, we think about it through the lens of practicing lawyers under the guise of lawyer well-being. But today we're going to look at the judge side of the equation and we have a recognized leader in our space and a fellow member of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, <a href='http://ycna.focolare.us/judge-david-shaheed/'>Judge David Shaheed of Indiana</a>. Bree, would you be so kind to introduce our guest?</p> <p>Bree Buchanan:             </p> <p>Absolutely, I'd be delighted and I'm truly honored. Judge Shaheed is such a wonderful person that I've gotten to know over the past six or seven years, and he's a delight to work with. So, let me introduce everybody to him. Judge Shaheed is a judge in the Marion Superior Court, Civil 1. He came into that position in August of 2007. Prior to that, Judge Shaheed preceded over the Drug Treatment Diversion Court and Re-entry Court. He served on the Court Alcohol and Drug Programs Advisory Committee and was former chair of the Problem-Solving Courts Committee for the Judicial Conference of Indiana. In addition to serving on the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program in Indiana, he's a form