ADA Matters Because All People Matter

A DISABLED DAD’S ADA MATTERS
Georgia on My Mind
STATE BAR OF GEORGIA • CITY OF BROOKHAVEN • GIRMA, GMA, AND GALLAGHER BASSETT • GEORGIA POST • STATE ADA COORDINATOR’S OFFICE

May 12, 2026: My Reply to William D. NeSmith III on Record Integrity

TRANSCRIPTTranscript (redacted)

Editor’s note, September 19, 2026: The Deputy General Counsel’s email referred to here as May 11 is dated May 12, 2026, 2:12 PM, in the original record. The letters are reproduced as sent.

May 12, 2026: My Reply to NeSmith, Institutional Copy List Restored

Redacted State Bar of Georgia email, sent 2026-05-12: Response to May 11 ADA Position Record Integrity, Evidence Route, and Coverage Preservation
[ADA status paragraph.]
Mr. NeSmith — Please see the attached response to your May 11, 2026 email regarding Grievance No. ██████-█████, transmitted with full institutional cc list restored. The institutional forward to Bar President Twyman referenced in Section 10 was transmitted earlier today.
Read and delivery receipts requested. Acknowledgment of receipt requested within three business days. Substantive response requested on or before May 14, 2026, 17:00 ET.
[Signature block and accessibility notice.]

Date: May 12, 2026, 3:40 PM ET
From: The complainant
To: Deputy General Counsel William D. NeSmith III
To / Cc: General Counsel Russell D. Willard; President Christopher P. Twyman; Senior Assistant General Counsel John J. Shiptenko; Grievance Counsel Adrienne D. Nash; Assistant General Counsel Leigh Burgess; Deputy General Counsel Andreea N. Morrison; Georgia State ADA Coordinator’s Office
Subject: Re: Response to May 11 ADA Position – Record Integrity and Evidence Route

Transcript (redacted):

> [redacted – ADA status paragraph removed]
>
> Mr. NeSmith – Please see the attached response to your May 11, 2026 email regarding this matter, transmitted with full institutional cc list restored. The institutional forward to Bar President Twyman referenced in Section 10 was transmitted earlier today.
>
> Read and delivery receipts requested. Acknowledgment of receipt requested within three business days. Substantive response requested on or before May 14, 2026, 17:00 ET.
>
> [redacted – signature block and accessibility notice removed]

What this shows: The complainant responded to the Deputy General Counsel’s denial that the Bar is subject to the ADA, restoring the full institutional copy list that had been removed, and requested a substantive response by the cure-window deadline.