Date: June 17, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
From: ADA Coordinator John Shiptenko (JohnS@gabar.org)
To / Cc: To the complainant. Cc Deputy General Counsel William D. NeSmith III (BillN@gabar.org); Grievance Counsel Adrienne Nash (AdrienneN@gabar.org).
Subject: RE: [External] State Bar of Georgia: Outstanding ADA Compliance Issues and Unanswered Questions
Attachments: None noted.
Transcript (redacted):
You don’t have to use the grievance form to file a grievance. You appear to have the ability to use your voice-to-text tool to create a PDF. That relates to option (2) that I mentioned in my email yesterday. While the grievance form is typically required for all grievants, we are happy to accommodate you by accepting a grievance document generated with your existing voice-to-text tool. We just request that you do your best to include the information requested on the grievance form in your grievance document.
Thank you.
What this shows: The Bar stated in writing that the grievance form is not required and that it would accept a grievance document the complainant generated with his own voice-to-text tool.
What this does not show: This reply, sent thirty-four minutes after the complainant’s seventeen-question email, addresses only the grievance-form point; it does not answer the other questions in that email, and it was sent to the complainant and two Bar staff rather than to the leadership group he had addressed.