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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

1995 - 1999

Stanford University

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Graduated with Distinction and Departmental Honors

May 2001

University of Pennsylvania

Master of Science in Education

Graduate School of Education

2004 - 2007

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

Informed Consent LawPatient Rights AdvocacyHealthcare PolicyAppellate PracticeDisability RightsPublic SpeakingLegal WritingPolicy Reform

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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