Mental Health Law
The mission of the Standing Committee on Mental Health Law is
- To propose and review legislation, statutes, common law court decisions, administrative procedures and rules affecting persons with mental illness and developmental disabilities; and,
- To make recommendations about these issues to the Board of Governors.
The addition of one or two lay members has been approved.
Standing Committee Roster
- Anthony E. Rothert, ACLU of Eastern Missouri, Edwardsville, Chair
- Mark J. Heyrman, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Vice-Chair
- Terrie A. Rymer, Jewish Child and Family Services, Chicago, Secretary
- Dara M. Bass, Chicago, Member
- Daniel J. Body, SSM Behavioral Health & Senior Service, St. Louis, Member
- Richard W. Buelow, McHentry County States Attorney, Woodstock, Member
- Robert J. Connor, Illinois Dept. of Human Services, Chicago, Member
- Mark B. Epstein, Epstein & Epstein, Chicago, Member
- Brian S. Feldman, Foreman Friedman PA, Northbrook, Member
- Barbara Goeben, Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Alton, Member
- Scott D. Hammer, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Chicago, Member
- Hon. Susan F. Hutchinson, Illinois Appellate Court, Second Dist, Woodstock, Member
- Cheryl R. Jansen, Equip for Equality, Springfield, Member
- Bruce A. Jefferson, Thresholds, Chicago, Member
- Andreas M. Liewald, Guardianship and Advocacy Cmsn, Chicago, Member
- Joseph T. Monahan, Monahan Law Group LLC, Chicago, Member
- Meryl Sosa, Illinois Psychiatric Society, Chicago, Member
- Jennifer W. Hammer, Giffin Winning Cohen & Bodewes, Springfield, Board Liaison
- Mary M. Grant, Kenilworth, Staff Liaison
- Lori G. Levin, Law Offices of Lori G Levin, Chicago, CLE Committee Liaison
- Patricia A. Werner, Access Living, Chicago, CLE Coordinator