Recognized globally as a leading authority on addiction, mental health, and well-being in the legal profession, Patrick R. Krill is an attorney, licensed and board certified addiction counselor, author, and researcher. He serves as a trusted advisor to large law firms and corporate legal departments throughout North America and Europe.

 Patrick's highly specialized background and unique breadth of knowledge relating to the substance use and mental health of lawyers make him a widely sought-after speaker and trusted resource for solving one of the legal profession's most difficult problems. His clients include most of the world’s largest and widely-respected law firms.

His groundbreaking work in the area of attorney behavioral health includes: initiating and serving as lead author of the first and only national study on the prevalence of attorney addiction and mental health problems, a joint undertaking of the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation; creating the ABA Well-Being Pledge, an innovative campaign to improve the health and well-being of lawyers launched in 2018; publishing the first research to identify predictors of suicidal thinking among lawyers; partnering with American Lawyer Media to conduct the first-ever survey of AmLaw 200 firm leaders regarding their beliefs and attitudes related to addiction and mental health problems in the legal industry.

 Prior to launching Krill Strategies, Patrick was the director of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's Legal Professionals Program, a leading clinical treatment program for attorneys, judges and law students struggling with addiction and mental health problems. While leading that program, he counseled many hundreds of legal professionals from around the country who sought to better understand and overcome the unique challenges faced on a lawyer’s road to recovery.  From young solo practitioners to equity partners in the largest global firms, law students to sitting judges, Patrick has successfully counseled patients from around the world and across all practice settings, offering distinctive guidance and uniquely qualified insights about achieving and maintaining recovery, health and well-being in the legal profession.

Patrick has authored more than seventy-five articles related to addiction and mental health, including a frequent advice column for Law.com, and regular contributions to CNN.com and other national outlets.  Also a regular source for print and broadcast media, he has been quoted in dozens of national and regional news outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and countless legal industry trade publications and blogs. He has been a guest on numerous national broadcasts, including multiple appearances on NPR and the Dr. Drew Podcast. As a frequent speaker about addiction and its intersection with the law, he has taught multiple graduate-level courses in addiction counseling, and has spoken, lectured, or conducted seminars for more than two hundred organizations around the world, including law firms, professional and bar associations, law schools, and corporations.

 Patrick served on the Advisory Committee to the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs from 2017-2020 and was honored with the Commission’s Meritorious Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to Lawyer Wellbeing. In 2017 he was also appointed to the ABA President’s Working Group to Improve Lawyer Wellbeing and was a founding member of the National Task Force on Lawyer Wellbeing. In November 2016, he was presented with the “LCL Founders Award for Service to the Profession” by Minnesota Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.

In addition to his work in the legal profession, Patrick serves on the board of PlasticFreeRestaurants.org, a California-based nonprofit which eliminates petroleum-based single-use plastic and Styrofoam from restaurants by temporarily subsidizing the cost difference between those plastic items and the readily-available certified compostable alternatives.

Education and Licensure:

 BA: Political Science and Government, American University

 JD: Loyola Law School

 LL.M: International Law, American University Washington College of Law

 MA: Addiction Counseling, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies

 Bar Admission: California

 LADC: Minnesota

 Contact:

  Patrick@prkrill.com

 651-762-4007