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Boston (MHLD Administration)

Mental Health Litigation

  • 75 Federal Street, 6th Floor
    Boston, MA 02110

Laura Sanford

Deputy Chief Counsel

What We Do

The Mental Health Litigation Division is committed to protecting the legal and constitutional rights of citizens facing civil commitment to mental hospitals, guardianship and involuntary treatment including the administration of anti-psychotic medications. We do this through four staffed offices and a panel of private attorneys. All of our attorneys receive training in issues relating to mental health and the statutory and constitutional rights of our clients. We also provide training to attorneys in other divisions in mental health issues.

Our Services

The Mental Health Litigation Division provides attorneys for civil commitment proceedings in the District Courts and the Boston Municipal Court as well as attorneys in the Probate and Family Courts for guardianships, substituted judgment proceedings, and cases involving the validation of health care proxies. Civil commitments are handled by both panel attorneys and staff attorneys, while all of the cases in Probate Court are handled by private panel attorneys.
Comprised of the Administration (Boston Office), the Appeals Unit, and four commitment defense units: Brockton, Roxbury, Northampton and Worcester.
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