Ira Burnim is the Legal Director of the Judge David L.
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, D.C. He has represented thousands
of adults and children diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities in class action suits
around the nation and has litigated precedent-setting cases on mental health and child
welfare system reform, managed health care, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
He joined the Bazelon Center's legal staff in 1988 and is now
legal
director. Formerly, Mr. Burnim served as legal director of the Children's
Defense Fund and prior to that as a senior attorney of the Southern
Poverty Law Center. He is a member of
the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of
Maryland.
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