Jim Gottstein grew up in Anchorage, graduating from West High in 1971, the University of Oregon in 1974, and Harvard Law School in 1978. In 1982, he experienced a psychotic break and was told he would be permanently mentally ill and never practice law again. Luckily, neither proved true. He became an advocate for people diagnosed with mental illness, and in 2002, Jim founded the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) to mount strategic litigation against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock, and educate the public about these problems. He has won five Alaska Supreme Court cases about psychiatric patients' rights being violated. In 2006, on behalf of his client Bill Bigley, Jim subpoenaed secret documents showing drug maker Eli Lilly hid that Zyprexa caused diabetes and massive weight gain. His release of these documents resulted in a multi-day exposé in The New York Times. The Zyprexa Papers, his book about that and his representation of Bill Bigley, was published in 2020.

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