Biography
Ellen P. Lubensky, Esq.
Attorney • Author • Advocate
Founder of The Mental Health Choice Project. Dedicated to advancing informed consent, patient autonomy, and meaningful choice in mental healthcare.
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About Ellen
Ellen P. Lubensky, Esq. is an attorney, speaker, and advocate whose life was transformed by a wrongful psychiatric diagnosis that led to 25 years of unnecessary medication and physical decline.
Ellen is the Founder of The Mental Health Choice Project, an organization dedicated to advancing informed consent and patient choice in mental healthcare. Her legal career includes serving as a Staff Attorney at Legal Services of New Jersey, clerking for Chief Justice Stuart Rabner of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and practicing appellate advocacy.
A graduate of Stanford University (B.A. Psychology, with Distinction and Departmental Honors), the University of Pennsylvania (M.S. in Education), and Rutgers Law School (J.D. with High Honors, Lead Articles Editor of the Rutgers Law Journal), Ellen brings both intellectual rigor and deeply personal experience to her advocacy work.
After discovering the truth about her misdiagnosis, Ellen made the brave decision to carefully taper off the medications that had been harming her for decades. Today, she speaks publicly to raise awareness about psychiatric misdiagnosis, medication harm, patient advocacy, and the hope of recovery.
Credentials
Education
Stanford University
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Graduated with Distinction and Departmental Honors
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Science in Education
Graduate School of Education
Rutgers Law School
Juris Doctor
J.D. with High Honors • Lead Articles Editor, Rutgers Law Journal
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey Bar
- Pennsylvania Bar (inactive)
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise
Career
Professional Experience
July 2026 - Present
Founder
The Mental Health Choice Project
Leading organization dedicated to advancing informed consent and patient choice in mental healthcare.
2019 - 2025
Staff Attorney
Legal Services of New Jersey
Legal advocacy for underserved populations, representing clients in Social Security Disability hearings and appeals.
2018 - 2019
Staff Attorney
State of New Jersey Judiciary, Central Appellate Research
Legal research and memoranda drafting for appellate court matters.
2012 - 2018
Associate Attorney
Buckley Theroux Kline & Petraske
Medical malpractice defense litigation.
2008 - 2010
Associate
Gibbons, P.C.
Criminal defense at one of the region's premier law firms.
2007 - 2008
Judicial Law Clerk
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Clerked for Chief Justice Stuart Rabner.
2007
Judicial Extern
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Externed for Judge Theodore A. McKee.
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"My mission is to ensure that every patient has the information they need to make truly informed decisions about their mental health care. No one should have to learn the hard way what I learned over 25 years."
— Ellen P. Lubensky
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