All Rise (originally the National Association of Drug Court Professionals) is an advocacy, educational, and membership organization focused on treatment-based drug courts, which receives substantial funding from United States government programs. ^{1 2}

Background

All Rise (also known as All Rise for Justice) was founded by legal activists, including former Judge William G. Schma of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in the State of Michigan, as the National Association of Drug Court Professionals in 1993 in order to advocate for and promote treatment-based drug courts, which are specialized courts that place offenders into treatment and rehabilitation programs as an alternative to incarceration. Later in 1996, the organization was registered as a charitable organization in Alexandria, Virginia, and in 2023, rebranded under the name All Rise. ^{3 4}

Activities

According to its website, All Rise has four divisions: the Treatment Court Institute, which leads drug court trainings, offers technical assistance to court professionals, and disseminates research; Impaired Driving Solutions, which implements interventions for people who have driven while impaired by drugs or alcohol including supervised treatment and recovery support; Justice for Vets, which partners with state and local stakeholders to provide free resources, courses, and trainings to veterans with mental health and substance use disorders who have been arrested or otherwise involved in the justice system; and the Center for Advancing Justice, which offers trainings and resources to drug court professionals to help them assess criminals and identify or develop programs to which to refer them. ^{5 6 7 8 9}

Advocacy

In 2025, All Rise supported the maintenance of $89 million in funding for a Drug Court Discretionary Grant program and $32 million for a Veterans Treatment Court program operated by the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as the maintenance of $74 million in funding for a similar Drug Treatment Court Program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ^{10 11 12}

Funding

All Rise has received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Office of Justice Programs, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ^{1 2}

All Rise also receives funding from its membership program for judicial professionals and aligned activists, which charges annual dues of $60 and entitles members to discounts on the organization’s conferences, access to the organization’s job bank, and nomination privileges for the organization’s board of directors and national awards. ¹³

Leadership

Carson Fox Jr. is the chief executive officer of All Rise. Previously, he was the organization’s chief counsel and chief operating officer, as well as a prosecutor in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of South Carolina. ¹⁴

Jen Brophy is the chief of public affairs at All Rise. Previously, she was the deputy director for the Drug Courts Program Office at the U.S. Department of Justice, public health advisor for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and professional staff member at the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. ¹⁴

Aaron Arnold is chief development officer at All Rise. Previously, he worked on treatment court, incarceration, and tribal issues at the Center for Justice Innovation and as a prosecutor with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in Phoenix, Arizona. ¹⁴

Janet McCuller is the chief financial officer of All Rise. Previously, she was a senior consultant at Langan and Associates, CPA.  ¹⁴

Clyde J. “Butch” Tate is the chief counsel of All Rise. Previously, he served in the U.S. Army as a major general in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, as liaison to Congress, as legal advisor to special operations and airborne units, as senior legal advisor for the Multinational Corps in Iraq, as commandant of the Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, and as chief judge of the Army’s Court of Criminal Appeals. ¹⁴

1. Homepage. All Rise. Accessed December 22, 2025. https://allrise.org/
2. “ALL Rise For Justice.” HigherGov. Accessed December 22, 2025. https://www.highergov.com/awardee/all-rise-for-justice-10125014/#grants
3. “1989: First Drug Court Launched . . .” All Rise. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://allrise.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/All-Rise-timeline.pdf
4. “All Rise.” ProPublica. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/541791197
5. “The Center for Advancing Justice.” All Rise. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://allrise.org/about/division/center-for-advancing-justice/#universal-risk-and-needs-assessment
6. “Impaired Driving Solutions.” All Rise. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://allrise.org/about/division/impaired-driving-solutions/#screening-brief-intervention-referral-to-treatment
7. “Treatment Court Institute.” All Rise. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://allrise.org/about/division/treatment-court-institute/
8. “The Divisions of All Rise.” All Rise. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://allrise.org/about/divisions/
9. “Justice for Vets.” All Rise. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://allrise.org/about/division/justice-for-vets/
10. “Support Drug Courts and Veterans Treatment Courts.” All Rise. Accessed December 22, 2025. https://allrise.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/All-Rise-FY26-LHHS-Request-F.pdf
11. “Support Drug Courts and Veterans Treatment Courts.” All Rise. Accessed December 22, 2025. https://allrise.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/All-Rise-FY26-CJS-Request-F.pdf
12. “Support Federal Funding for Treatment Courts.” All Rise. Accessed December 22, 2025. https://allrise.org/capitol-hill/#reducing-crime
13. “Join All Rise.” All Rise. Accessed December 22, 2025. https://allrise.org/about/membership/
14. “Our Team.” All Rise. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://allrise.org/our-team/