Colleen M. Coyle has been General Counsel for the American Psychiatric Association since 2011.  Prior to that she was a partner in the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP and practiced complex commercial and intellectual property litigation for over 20 years.  She has been co-leading APA’s effort to enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act on behalf of APA members and their patients.