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Patience Tusingwire Hughes

Currently registered

Patience Tusingwire Hughes is an attorney admitted to the New York State Bar in 2017, with a registered practice address in Poughkeepsie, New York. According to the New York Office of Court Administration, the current registration status on record is Currently registered.

Registration number5549464
Bar statusCurrently registered
Year admitted2017
Judicial departmentDepartment 2
Law schoolMakerere University
Practice cityPoughkeepsie, NY
CountyDutchess
Firm / organizationMental Hygiene Legal Service
Office address1 Civic Center Plz Ste 304, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
Phone(845) 483-8460
Next registration dueFeb 2027

About Mental Hygiene Legal Service

The Mental Hygiene Legal Service (MHLS) is a New York State agency, created in 1964 and organized under Mental Hygiene Law article 47, that provides free legal services and advice to people receiving care in inpatient and community-based mental health facilities, and to people in residential settings licensed for individuals with developmental disabilities. It represents clients in judicial and administrative proceedings concerning admission, retention, transfer, treatment and guardianship, and it can be assigned as counsel or court evaluator in Mental Hygiene Law article 81 guardianship cases.

Practice areas of Mental Hygiene Legal Service:

Civil Rights Health Care

These are the practice areas the organization describes on its website. They are not a statement about Patience Tusingwire Hughes’s own practice or any specialty certification.

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