Aug 4, 2021
Elizabeth Kelley is a criminal defense lawyer with a nationwide practice specializing in representing people with mental illness and intellectual/developmental disabilities. She built her practice integrating both criminal defense and mental illness because she firmly believes those with mental disabilities do not belong in the criminal justice system, and jail and prison are not treatment. Elizabeth discusses the range of people with all different types of mental and intellectual disabilities she represents in her practice, the detrimental effects the criminal justice system has on people with mental disabilities, and the lack of programs and resources for these individuals.
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Elizabeth Kelley Website
https://www.elizabethkelleylaw.com/
https://twitter.com/MentalHealthEsq
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-kelley-14110430/
BIO:
I am a criminal defense lawyer with a nationwide practice focused on representing people with mental disabilities.
My family settled in the Palouse Country of Washington Territory in 1872. I was born and raised in Spokane and I returned to the Inland Northwest in 2012.
My experience includes: