ELIZABETH KELLEY

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ABOUT ELIZABETH

​Elizabeth Kelley is a criminal defense lawyer with a nationwide practice focused on representing people with mental disabilities. She is the editor of Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (2018), Representing People on the Autism Spectrum: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (2020), and Representing People with Dementia, a Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (2022), all published by The American Bar Association (ABA).  Elizabeth was appointed Editor of the ABA's annual publication, The State of Criminal Justice. Elizabeth serves as a Vice President of the ABA's Criminal Justice Section Council and on the Editorial Board of Criminal Justice Section Magazine. She co-chaired the Criminal Justice Advisory Panel of The Arc's National Center for Criminal Justice and Disability and the ABA's Commission on Disability Rights. Elizabeth serves on the Advisory Board of The Neuroscience Center of Fordham University School of Law.

Elizabeth served three terms on the board of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), chaired its Mental Health as well as Membership Committees, and is a Life Member. She traveled to Liberia in 2009 and 2014 as part of a delegation sponsored by the U.N. Commission on Drugs and Crime and NACDL to train that country's criminal defense bar.

Elizabeth lectures across the U.S. as well as abroad on representing people with mental disabilities.

Elizabeth completed her 200 hour Yoga certification through Harmony Yoga in Spokane and her 500 hour certification through Semperviva Studios in Vancouver, B.C..  She has hiked La Camino del Norte and is always seeking further adventure. ​

Elizabeth is  licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Sixth and Ninth Circuits, the Northern District of Ohio, the State of Ohio, and has been admitted pro hac vice in numerous states and federal courts.

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​PODCAST
Challenges Faced by People with Mental Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System
Interview with Elizabeth Kelley
Elizabeth Kelley Podcast Interview
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​ARTICLES 
Noncustodial Client Suicide
(Criminal Justice Magazine, Summer 2019)
By Francesca Flood & Elizabeth Kelley
Noncustodial Client Suicide
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The ABA Criminal Justice Standards on Mental Health
(Criminal Justice Magazine, Winter 2021)
By Eric Y. Drogin & Elizabeth Kelley
The ABA Criminal Justice Standards on Mental Health
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East Coast 
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Elizabeth Kelley, Attorney at Law
5 Columbus Circle, Ste. 710
New York, NY 10019
West Coast
Elizabeth Kelley, Attorney at Law
2525 E 29th Ave., Ste. 10-B #225
Spokane, WA 99223
phone: 509.991.7058
email: zealousadvocacy@aol.com
Nothing contained on this website is to be considered as the rendering of legal advice for specific cases, and readers are responsible for obtaining such advice from their own legal counsel.
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