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In his mental health practice, Josh helps clients gain access to care, and he works with families to help them understand and effectively access Arizona's uniquely complex mental health system. Josh counsels clients in navigating the notoriously difficult civil commitment process and connects families with his network of care providers. When care is superior in other parts of the country, Josh coordinates the legal, administrative, and practical measures needed to access that care. When necessary, Josh frequently helps families implement a mental health guardianship so they can properly advocate for their mentally ill loved ones. Additionally, a significant portion of Josh's mental health practice focuses on “psychiatric boarding,” a situation in which clients are involuntarily and unlawfully held in an emergency room. Josh represents behavioral health hospitals and providers. Here he uses his public behavioral health experience to help providers navigate complex legal issues that arise while delivering behavioral health and integrated care, including but not limited to HIPAA privacy and security, substance use record disclosures, implications of incapacity, guardianship and powers of attorney, compliance, civil commitment proceedings, consultation and representation on Arizona State Hospital Admission, and writ of habeas corpus challenges.

Josh is an appointed member of the AHCCCS Maricopa County Human Rights Committee; is president of the Association for the Chronically Mentally Ill; serves as board chair of Mental Health America of Arizona; chairs the Executive Council of the State Bar's Elder Law, Mental Health and Special Needs Planning Section; and serves on the board of governors of Recovery Empowerment Network (REN).

Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, 2018-present Professional Memberships State Bar of Arizona: Chair of the Elder Law, Mental Health and Special Needs Planning Section, 2019-2020 Bar and Court Admissions U.S. Tax Court, 2014 Arizona, 2013

Mental Health America of Arizona: Chair, Board of Directors Association for the Chronically Mentally Ill: President Maricopa County Human Rights Committee, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Recovery Empowerment Network: Board of Governors Council for the Advancement of Global Health Research, Global Mental Health Program, Columbia University National Alliance on Mental Illness Arizona: Past Member, Board of Governors

“Guardianship: A Deeper Dive” (webinar), Association for the Chronically Mentally Ill, May 2020 “On-Ramps to Involuntary Treatment” (webinar), Association for the Chronically Mentally Ill, April 2020 “Lessons from Mental Health Advocacy in Arizona,” Council for the Advancement of Global Health Research, Columbia University, February 2020 “Navigating a Mental Health Crisis,” Valley Estate Planners, September 2019 “Behavioral Health Crisis? A Panel Discussion on the Availability and Funding of SMI Services” (panelist), Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys, August 2019 “Title 36 Civil Commitment from Start to Finish,” Maricopa County Bar Association, June 2019 “Navigating Mental Health Crises,” State Bar of Arizona, Probate and Trust Section, May 2019 “Hope from the Past, Tragedy of Now, Work for the Future” (co-presenter), Winter Institute for Public Safety & Behavioral Health Conference, Arizona State University Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy, February 2019 “Legal Considerations for Family Members: Guardianship, Conservatorship, Powers of Attorney and Estate Planning,” Seeds Conference, 2016 “Title 36: Court-Ordered Evaluation and Treatment Process,” Mercy Maricopa Executive Council

“Criminalization of the Condition,” Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Homelessness (Chapter 7), 114th Arizona Town Hall, 2022 Report “The Arnold v. Sarn Ouroboros” (co-author), Arizona Attorney, September 2021 "Eliminate 55-Bed Mental Health Limit" (guest editorial), Arizona Capitol Times, November 30, 2020 "Arizona's Broken Mental Health System — with Specificity" (guest editorial), Arizona Capitol Times, March 22, 2018 "Psychiatric Boarding: How Some Arizona Hospitals Misuse the Law to Involuntarily Detain Patients," January 2017 “Mental Health Power of Attorney and Guardianship: Efficacy and Barriers” (co-author), Arizona Attorney, June 2016

"Hospital Compounded Scottsdale Parent's Grief", Scottsdale Progress, April 25, 2022 "How Attorney Josh Mozell is Working to Improve Arizona's Mental Health System", KJZZ, March 1, 2022 "Arizona State Hospital Patient Files Notice of Claim Following 'Seclusion'", ABC 15, November 23, 2021 "Unsafe Housing Jeopardizes Success of Community Living for Chronically Mentally Ill", AZCir, October 22, 2021 "Patients File Grievances, Experts Want Reforms at Arizona State Hospital", AZCir, October 21, 2021 "Forty Years Later, Legacy of Arnold v. Sarn Lives on", AZCir, October 20, 2021 "A Place that Should Know Better", AZCir, October 19, 2021 "Schizophrenia Upends Life of Accomplished Academic", AZCir, October 19, 2021 "Tragedies Despite Warning Signs: Families Blame Mental Health System in Arizona", 12 News, February 18, 2020 "He was Stabbed to Death in His Own Home. His Family Says it Didn't Have to Happen" AZCentral, September 25, 2019 "'Reign of Terror' on Willetta Street", 12 News, June 13, 2019

J.D., Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 2013 Legislative Correspondent, Office of U.S. Senator Tom Coburn Research Assistant, Law Professor Raymond L. Yasser Research Assistant, Law Professor Hannah Wiseman Legal Extern, Honorable Jane P. Wiseman, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Legal Intern, Arizona Justice Project B.A., University of Arizona, 2006