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

His highly specialized background, engaging style, and unique breadth of knowledge relating to the substance use, mental health and well-being of lawyers make Patrick a widely sought-after speaker and trusted resource for addressing one of the legal profession's most difficult challenges.

Patrick's multifaceted contributions have helped shape how the legal field addresses mental health and well-being, fostering systemic change and improving the quality of life for legal professionals. His clients have included most of the world’s largest and widely-respected law firms.

Patrick’s groundbreaking work to improve lawyer mental health and well-being includes:

• Leading the first and only national study on the prevalence of substance use and and mental health problems among lawyers, a joint undertaking of the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

• Co-authoring the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being report, The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recomendations For Positive Change

• Creating the ABA Well-Being Pledge, an innovative campaign to improve mental health and well-being in the legal profession

• Creating and producing the American Bar Association Anti-Stigma Campaign to address mental health and substance use problems

• Publishing the first research to identify gender-specific risk factors for mental health problems, hazardous drinking, and attrition among lawyers

• Publishing the first research to examine the relationship between lawyer well-being and employer values

• Publishing the first research to identify predictors of suicidal thinking among lawyers

• Collaborating with Bloomberg Law on their first Attorney Well-Being Report

• Conducting the first pilot study on the relationship between perfectionism, stress, and mental health problems 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.

Patrick is regularly interviewed for both print and broadcast media, and his insights have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, NPR, CNN and countless legal industry trade publications and blogs. He also contributed a regular column to Law.com for several years addressing various aspects of lawyer behavioral health and well-being.

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’s efforts have been recognized through multiple awards, including the Meritorious Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to Lawyer Well-Being from the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and the LCL Founders Award for Service to the Profession from Minnesota Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.