Mike Phillips, Esq.

Senior Director of Patient Advocacy and Housing Services

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Mike Phillips is the Senior Director of Patient Advocacy and Housing Services at Jewish Family Service of San Diego. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. He is a member of the VIP Mentors (Volunteers in Parole) program, which awarded him their 2009 Attorney of the Year award for his work with mentoring recently incarcerated individuals. He is a member of the board and past president of the San Diego Psych-Law Society and is on the Patients' Rights Committee of the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. In his role as Senior Director at JFS, he provides instruction and training for the mental health community, including providing information on due process rights for psychiatric patients throughout the County of San Diego. He also manages permanent supportive housing programs throughout the Coachella Valley. He is currently consulting at the state level on behavioral health reform, including participation in the statewide Behavioral Health Action Coalition, and provides both local and statewide law enforcement training on behavioral health issues. He received the Patients’ Rights Advocate of the Year award from the California Association of Mental Health Patient’s Rights Advocates in 2009 and again in 2015. He received the Henrietta Rubenstein Staff Development Award (Employee of the Year) from Jewish Family Service in 2014. He was awarded the 2016 Šimanek Distinguished Service Award by the California Hospital Association, and he presents regularly at their statewide annual Behavioral Health Care Symposium. He is the San Diego Province President and is currently a member of the governing Council of the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society, an organization that promotes ethics and professionalism among attorneys. He has also trained thousands of notaries public, was named the 2015 Notary of the Year Special Honoree by the National Notary Association, and is a regular presenter at NNA's annual national conference.