A DISABLED DAD’S ADA MATTERS
Georgia on My Mind
STATE BAR OF GEORGIACITY OF BROOKHAVENGIRMA, GMA, AND GALLAGHER BASSETT

Players in the Record

Named officials in their official roles, on the State Bar track and the GIRMA, GMA, and Gallagher Bassett track, and the outside counsel who bridges them. One line on why each is here. Open a page for the full record: who they are, why they are in it, what they wrote, the notice trail showing what they were told and when, the open questions they could answer, and every document.

Andreea N. Morrison
Deputy General Counsel

Signed the April 10 dismissal that said no rebuttal was received.

Open the record: Andreea N. Morrison
Leigh Burgess
Assistant General Counsel

Admitted in writing that the submissions were received, misfiled, and left out of the file. Confirmed it twice.

Open the record: Leigh Burgess
William D. NeSmith III
Deputy General Counsel

Wrote the May 12 coverage denial, questioned the disability and the motive, and shut down correspondence.

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John J. Shiptenko
The Bar ADA contact for the matter

Granted the accommodations, then disclaimed the law behind them, then acknowledged the grievance against him with one word.

Open the record: John J. Shiptenko
Adrienne D. Nash
Grievance Counsel

Confirmed the resent files, then signed the June 30 denial that left the April 10 record uncorrected.

Open the record: Adrienne D. Nash
Russell D. Willard
General Counsel

Received the written institutional cure demand identifying the uncorrected April 10 record.

Open the record: Russell D. Willard
James R. Westbury, Jr.
Former Board of Governors member, outside counsel for the insurer

Called the emails harassment. The Bar dismissed the grievance concerning him and copied him on his own clearance.

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Belinda Boscoe
Senior Resolution Manager, Gallagher Bassett

Admitted the seven claims were set up by mistake. Signed the April 1 denial without answering the two accommodation requests in the file.

Open the record: Belinda Boscoe
Robert Angotta
Supervisor, Gallagher Bassett

Received three accommodation requests addressed to him. Answered none. Counsel answered for him on May 1.

Open the record: Robert Angotta
Cameron J. Wall
Litigation Counsel, Gallagher Bassett

Wrote that Gallagher Bassett “has no involvement,” on a letter whose second page is dated December 11, 2025.

Open the record: Cameron J. Wall
Rusi C. Patel
General Counsel, Georgia Municipal Association

Confirmed on May 21 that Mr. Westbury speaks for GMA and GIRMA, and that the issues are being handled through claims and legal processes.

Open the record: Rusi C. Patel
Larry Hanson
CEO and Executive Director, Georgia Municipal Association

Read the fourth request at 4:41 PM on April 6. Never wrote back. The April 14 certified notice to him was answered by counsel.

Open the record: Larry Hanson
Jeffrey W. DeLoach
Chair, State Disciplinary Board

The grievances against four lawyers inside the Office of the General Counsel were routed to him, outside that office. On June 30, 2026 he dismissed all four in single paragraph letters on one day, including one supported by a seven page narrative and twenty four pages of exhibits.

Open the record: Jeffrey W. DeLoach
Christopher P. Twyman
President, State Bar of Georgia

Copied on the written notices as this record built. The Bar’s own read receipt shows he opened the June 26 email titled “42 Days of Silence” at 8:55 AM. No reply followed.

Open the record: Christopher P. Twyman
Damon E. Elmore
Executive Director, State Bar of Georgia

The most senior member of the Bar’s staff. Copied on the June 8 complaint to Human Resources, the seventeen questions, the seven matter status demand, “42 Days of Silence” and the September 5 letter. Never wrote back.

Open the record: Damon E. Elmore
Stacey Peace
State ADA Coordinator, State of Georgia

The one office in this record that answered. It contacted the State Bar on May 6, and the next day the Bar wrote that it was reviewing its own ADA notices because of that call. A thank you was read in 19 minutes and answered in 54.

Open the record: Stacey Peace

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