Lawyers, Big Law Firms Confront Coronavirus Anxiety

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we look at what lawyers are telling their therapists about “coronavirus anxiety” and how law firms are responding.

Alan Levin, a Chicago-based lawyer-turned-therapist, has had sessions with lawyers calling from parked cars. He worries what will happen to his patients who see their law office and long hours as refuge from personal strife.

Will Meyerhofer’s single patients in New York City tell their therapist on Skype that they’re billing hours from home in sweatpants. They spend their nights alone, playing ...