Marie-Therese Connolly 老年人权利律师

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Marie-Therese Connolly
Elder Rights Lawyer | Class of 2011
Raising awareness about and seeking solutions to the largely hidden but immense problems of elder abuse and neglect.


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Title
Elder Rights Lawyer
Affiliation
Appleseed
Location
Washington, District of Columbia
Age
54 at time of award
Area of Focus
Aging, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Published September 20, 2011
ABOUT MARIE-THERESE'S WORK
Marie-Therese Connolly is a lawyer who draws on a blend of legal, policy, and legislative skills to combat the largely hidden but immense problem of elder abuse and mistreatment. She has devoted her career to laying bare the many forms of elder abuse: physical and psychological, as well as financial exploitation and wrongful deprivation of rights. Some estimates suggest there are 5 million victims of elder abuse each year in the United States and as high as 96 percent of these cases go unreported, numbers that are sure to increase as 77 million baby boomers age and caregiving shortages grow more acute. As director of the Department of Justice's Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative, Connolly developed new legal theories of liability and novel investigation and litigation strategies that overcame loopholes in federal statutes and led to successful prosecution of cases of abuse and neglect in nursing homes. Recognizing that the vast human and economic costs of elder abuse cannot be solved by prosecutions alone, Connolly was instrumental in the drafting and passage of the Elder Justice Act, the first piece of federal legislation to address the issue specifically. She worked tirelessly to bring together various stakeholders in the heretofore fragmented elder justice field — including researchers, law enforcement officials, social workers, advocates, legislators, and clinicians — to identify gaps in current legislation and develop a comprehensive policy strategy. She is continuing this work as founder and director of the Life Long Justice initiative, where she is creating an integrated national advocacy effort to prevent, detect, and intervene in the mistreatment of the elderly and secure reauthorization of key federal legislation. Currently writing for general audiences about the complex issues surrounding abuse and neglect, Connolly is a leading voice in efforts to prevent the suffering of older adults and ensure that elder abuse becomes a priority on the national agenda.

BIOGRAPHY
Marie-Therese Connolly received a B.A. (1981) from Stanford University and a J.D. (1984) from Northeastern University School of Law. She was senior trial counsel (1986-2007) and coordinator of the Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative (1999-2007) in the U.S. Department of Justice prior to assuming her current position as director of Life Long Justice at Appleseed. In addition, she has been a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center since 2007.



Marie-Therese Connolly
老年人权利律师 | 2011级
提高人们对基本隐蔽但巨大的虐待和忽视老人问题的认识并寻求解决方案。


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标题
老年人权利律师
所属机构
苹果公司
工作地点
华盛顿, 哥伦比亚特区
年龄
获奖时为54岁
关注领域
老龄化, 公民权利和公民自由
发表于2011年9月20日
关于玛丽-泰蕾兹的工作
Marie-Therese Connolly是一名律师，她利用法律、政策和立法技能的融合来打击基本上是隐蔽但巨大的虐待老人的问题。她的职业生涯致力于揭露多种形式的虐待老人行为：身体和心理，以及经济剥削和错误地剥夺权利。一些估计表明，美国每年有500万名虐待老人的受害者，其中高达96%的案件没有被报告，随着7700万婴儿潮一代的老龄化和护理人员的短缺日益严重，这些数字肯定会增加。作为司法部老年人司法和养老院倡议的主任，康诺利开发了新的法律责任理论和新的调查和诉讼策略，克服了联邦法规中的漏洞，导致养老院虐待和忽视案件的成功起诉。认识到虐待老人的巨大人力和经济成本不能仅靠起诉来解决，康诺利在起草和通过《老人正义法》方面发挥了作用，这是第一部专门解决这一问题的联邦立法。她孜孜不倦地工作，将以前分散的老年人司法领域的各种利益相关者--包括研究人员、执法官员、社会工作者、倡导者、立法者和临床医生--聚集在一起，以确定当前立法的差距，并制定一个全面的政策战略。她正在继续这项工作，作为 "长期正义 "倡议的创始人和主任，她正在创建一个综合的国家宣传工作，以防止、发现和干预虐待老人的行为，并确保重新授权关键的联邦立法。目前，康诺利正在为普通读者撰写有关虐待和忽视的复杂问题的文章，她是防止老年人遭受痛苦和确保虐待老年人问题成为国家议程上的优先事项的一个主要声音。

个人简历
Marie-Therese Connolly在斯坦福大学获得学士学位（1981年），在东北大学法学院获得法学博士学位（1984年）。在担任Appleseed终身正义主任之前，她曾在美国司法部担任高级审判律师（1986-2007年）和老年人正义和养老院倡议的协调员（1999-2007年）。此外，自2007年以来，她一直是伍德罗-威尔逊中心的高级学者。