Date: Wednesdays,

September 11, 18 & 25

(3 sessions)

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Please be aware that session times and Zoom links vary.

 

Session 1:

September 11, 2024 -  David Grosky

  • Behind Bars: Compassionate release and advocacy

Time: 8:00-9:30 ET / 7:00-8:30 CT / 6:00-7:30 MT

Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87168249935

 

 

Session 2:

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September 18 - Elizabeth Kelley, JD.    

Mental Disabilities and the Criminal Justice System

  • Assessing Mental Health in Criminal Cases

  • Mental Health Considerations in Sentencing

  • Addressing Mental Health in Parole and Probation

Time: 6:00-7:30 ET / 5:00-6:30 CT / 4:00-5:30 MT

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86747729157

 

 

Session 3:

September 25 - Harold Hirshman, JD.

Does Prison healthcare have to be terrible? 

  • Current Challenges in Prison Health Care

  • Successful Models and Best Practices for Prison Health Care

  • Policy Reforms and Advocacy for Improving Prison Health Care

Time: 8:00-9:30 ET / 7:00-8:30 CT / 6:00-7:30 MT

Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87168249935

 

The Facilitators:

 

David Grosky , is a 1983 graduate of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and a 1986 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Mr. Grosky was a member of the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois from 1987-2007. During these years in private practice, Mr. Grosky specialized in complex business bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters.

David is employed as Sales Development Manager at Visiplex Inc. in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Visiplex is a global leader and provider of Wireless Emergency Notification systems to schools, nursing homes, places of worship and manufacturing and other industry companies. Mr. Grosky has devoted his time and energy to assisting prison inmates with their legal and administrative research, writing and filing needs. He often assists as a legal advisor to the Hinda Institute where Mr. Grosky serves in several other capacities.

 

 

Elizabeth Kelley, JD. is a criminal defense lawyer with a nationwide practice specializing in representing people with mental disabilities.

She is the editor of four books published by the American Bar Association (ABA): Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers; Representing People with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers; Suicide and Its Impact on the Criminal Justice System (with Francesca Flood) and Representing People with Dementia: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers, October 2022 (scheduled).

She co-chaired The Arc’s National Center for Criminal Justice and Disability Advisory Board and served three terms on the board of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).

She is active in the ABA, serving as a Vice President of the Criminal Justice Section Council, the Editorial Board of Criminal Justice Magazine, and having served on the ABA’s Commission on Disability Rights and as an observer at the hearings at Guantanamo. She currently serves as the Editor of the ABA’s Annual publication, The State of Criminal Justice.

Website: www.elizabethkelleylaw.com

 

 

Harold Hirshman JD. , a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, has been a trial lawyer for more than 49 years. He has tried bench and jury trials and arbitration in Illinois, Delaware, Washington, California, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Texas, Connecticut, New York, Maryland and Florida, among other jurisdictions.

His trial experience runs the gamut from serving as one of the plaintiff's counsel in, SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp., the longest antitrust jury trial on record, to helping a family protect its ailing grandmother from a predatory caregiver. His principal areas of focus have been securities class actions, takeover battles, business partner disputes, lender liability claims and accounting malpractice suits.

Harold has also briefed and argued before the US Courts of Appeals for the Third and Seventh Circuits and the Illinois appellate courts, including the state Supreme Court. In addition, he has resolved more than 450 cases through mediation.

Website: https://www.dentons.com/en/harold-hirshman