Other Bars Publish It. Georgia Does Not.
If you have a disability and you need to file a complaint about a lawyer, the first question is not legal. It is practical. Who do I contact, and where is that published? The answer depends entirely on which state you are in. Here is the comparison, with links so you can check every line yourself.
The disclaimer. I am not a lawyer. This page compares what bar associations publish on their own public websites. Every claim links to the source. If a bar has published something I missed, tell me and I will correct this page.
What “publishing it” actually means
Under the ADA Title II regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 35, a covered public entity of a certain size is expected to designate a person responsible for ADA compliance, make that person’s contact information available to interested people, and publish a grievance procedure for disability complaints.
So the test is not whether a bar association cares about access. The test is narrower and easier to check. Can a disabled person, sitting at a kitchen table, find a name, a route, and a procedure without asking anyone’s permission first?
The comparison
| Bar | Named ADA contact published | Accommodation route for filing a complaint | What you find |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Florida Bar | Yes, by department | Yes | An accessibility page that tells a person with a disability exactly how to request a reasonable accommodation to file a misconduct complaint against an attorney, with named departments and phone numbers on the page. |
| The State Bar of California | Yes, by name | Published | The Bar’s ADA coordinator is published by name. |
| The North Carolina State Bar | Yes, by name | Published | The Bar’s ADA coordinator is published by name. |
| The State Bar of Georgia | No, on the current English form | Not published anywhere I have found | On May 12, 2026 the Deputy General Counsel wrote that the Bar is “not required to have a published ADA Coordinator.” |
Sources: The Florida Bar accessibility page, the State Bar of California, the North Carolina State Bar, and correspondence received from the State Bar of Georgia.
The part that is hard to explain
The State Bar of Georgia used to publish it.
The Bar’s 2011 English grievance form told a disabled person to contact the ADA Coordinator at (404) 527-8720 or (800) 334-6865. That form is still hosted on one of the Bar’s own section websites. It has not gone anywhere. Anyone can open it.
The Spanish grievance form carries the same notice today.
The current English grievance form does not.
So the sequence is this. The Bar published an ADA Coordinator notice. It kept that notice on the Spanish form. It dropped it from the English form. Then, on May 12, 2026, its Deputy General Counsel wrote that the Bar is not required to have a published ADA Coordinator.
The Bar’s own form names the coordinator it says it need not have.
On May 26, 2026 the Bar acknowledged the gap in writing: “I have also noted your concerns regarding the differences in the Spanish and English forms.” That is the whole acknowledgment. The form was not changed.
What the Bar does publish
A capture of the State Bar of Georgia’s public site on May 29, 2026 found published infrastructure for member wellness, senior lawyers, member crisis support, and diversity programming, along with its Annual Meeting at the Omni Amelia Island Resort.
It found no disability-access route anywhere on the page. No ADA coordinator contact. No accessible-format or effective-communication text. No grievance procedure for people with disabilities.
I want to be precise about what that does and does not show. It does not show that the Bar is indifferent to disability. It shows that the Bar has a demonstrated ability to build and publish member support infrastructure when it decides something matters, and that disability access is not among the things it has published.
Which door did you come in through
Line the findings up and a pattern appears that has nothing to do with anyone’s intentions.
- Which state you are in. Florida tells you how. Georgia does not.
- Which language you read. The Spanish form names a coordinator. The English form does not.
- Whether you are paying or complaining. Member wellness is published. Complainant access is not.
Access at this institution depends on which door you came in through. That is the finding. It is not an accusation, it is a description, and every line of it is checkable against public pages.
Why this comparison matters beyond one state
Every state has a body that regulates its lawyers, and every one of those bodies receives complaints from members of the public. Some of those people are disabled. The published route is the difference between a person filing and a person giving up, and giving up leaves no record at all, which is why nobody counts it.
If you are researching your own state’s bar, the check takes about ten minutes. Open the bar’s site. Search for “ADA,” “accessibility,” and “accommodation.” Then open the complaint form itself and read the fine print, because that is where Georgia’s notice survived and where it was removed.
Help me keep this current
This comparison is built from public pages, and public pages change. If your state bar publishes an ADA coordinator or an accommodation route that is not on this page, send me the URL and I will add it. If a bar publishes something and later removes it, that is worth recording too, because that is exactly what happened here.
Known ADA problems at the Georgia Bar . Does ADA Title II apply to a state bar? . What an ADA coordinator is supposed to do
Frequently asked questions
Which state bars publish an ADA coordinator?
The State Bar of California and the North Carolina State Bar publish theirs by name. The Florida Bar publishes an accessibility page explaining how to request a reasonable accommodation to file a misconduct complaint, with named departments and phone numbers.
Does the Florida Bar help with accommodations for filing a complaint?
Its accessibility page tells a person with a disability how to request a reasonable accommodation to file a misconduct complaint against an attorney, and names the departments and phone numbers to use.
How do I check what my own state bar publishes?
It takes about ten minutes. Open the bar’s site and search for ADA, accessibility, and accommodation. Then open the complaint form itself and read the fine print, because that is where the Georgia notice survived in Spanish and was removed from English.
Did the State Bar of Georgia ever publish an ADA coordinator?
Its 2011 English grievance form named an ADA Coordinator at (404) 527-8720 or (800) 334-6865, and that form is still hosted on one of the Bar’s section websites. The Spanish form carries the same notice today. The current English form does not.
Corrections: this page is built from public websites and from correspondence I received. If any fact here is incomplete or inaccurate, identify the page, the sentence, and the supporting document, and I will review and correct the record.
I have invited the State Bar of Georgia to identify any inaccuracy on this page. As of the date above, it has identified none.