Chris Carney is a civil rights lawyer, public defender, and law professor with a focus on how disability and behavioral health issues intersect with the criminal legal system. Chris is one of the lead counsel in Trueblood v. DSHS, a class action case that seeks to improve services for determining trial competency and advocates for diverting such cases away from the criminal legal system. At the University of Washington School of Law, he teaches a course on Mental Health and Law. Chris also serves as the chair of the King County Public Defense Advisory Board, where he helps guide public defense policies and practices.