Don Blackwell

Don Blackwell is a trial attorney in Orlando, Florida, who writes extensively on issues relating to mental health and is a frequent featured speaker at local, regional, and national legal and eating disorder conferences and webinars. Don’s first book, Dear Ashley: A Father’s Reflections and Letters to His Daughter on Life, Love and Hope, traces his journey to greater self-awareness in the midst of his daughter’s life-and-death struggle with an eating disorder. In 2020, Don organized and hosted the Legacy of Hope Summit—a first-of-its-kind symposium attended by twenty-five highly-respected experts, aimed at arriving at a blueprint for the path forward in the care and treatment of those illnesses.