Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg’s attorney Dan Richards said about the trial, “I think what helped is that people get to see that you can recover from alcoholism and you can continue in your career.”

Lehmberg has chronic pain from a congenital defect in her lower vertebrae that impacts a nerve, she testified. She wasn’t getting relief from physical therapy and pain management.

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D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg “has not followed the treatment. The only evidence she stayed sober is her testimony,” said James Collins, first assistant county attorney in Travis County, in his opening statement. But Lehmberg’s attorney, Dan Richards, said that Lehmberg has quit drinking.