Staff and Commission

Executive Director

Julia R. Teitel, Esq. (she/hers), is the Executive Director of the Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers and Judges (MAP). Prior to MAP, Julia served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Child Protection Division of the Office of the Maine Attorney General. Julia is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, where she was a legal writing teaching assistant and received awards for appellate advocacy, moot court, and her work with the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic.

Julia has been part of Maine’s recovery community for many years and first became involved with MAP as a law student. Before law school, Julia worked as a domestic violence advocate and community educator and volunteered with Restorative Justice Project Maine. Julia’s first career was as a classical musician, and she holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in music. Julia lives in the Midcoast with her family and many pets.

Governing Commission

The MAP Governing Commission consists of eight members and includes two persons who are not members of the legal profession. Commission members have diverse experience, knowledge, and demonstrated competence in the problems of chemical dependency or mental conditions that impair members of the legal profession. Members are appointed for a term of three years, with no term limit.

Commission Membership Roster

Julia R. Teitel, Esq., Executive Director
Anthony A. Trask, Esq., Bangor, Chair
Tracy Collins, Esq., Falmouth, Vice-Chair
Gerald P. Conley, Jr., Esq., Portland, Secretary-Treasurer

Ella L. Brown, LCPC-c, Bath

Lisa Love, MSN, CNS, BC, Brunswick

Peter T. Marchesi, Esq., Waterville

Hon. John O’Neil, Maine Superior Court 

Charles W. Smith Jr., Esq., Saco

Hon. Rick E. Lawrence, Supreme Judicial Court Liaison