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Things Stacey Peace Did to Me, and When Stacey Peace Did It

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Things Stacey Peace Did to Me:

Nothing on this list harmed me. It is what Stacey Peace and her office did, in date order, each with a document behind it.

  1. May 5 and 6, 2026: Stacey Peace called the State Bar of Georgia’s ADA contact, John J. Shiptenko, spoke with John J. Shiptenko on the morning of May 6, and that day emailed her office’s ADA notice, grievance procedure and federal guidance. Her office told me so in writing at 12:49 PM on May 6. Read it
  2. May 6, 2026, 12:49 PM: her office answered my four written questions, named the State Bar’s ADA contact as the place to file an ADA grievance about the State Bar, named the U.S. Department of Justice as the next step, and wrote: “Our office is not aware of any previous public program access concerns involving the State Bar of Georgia.” Read it
  3. May 12, 2026, 3:09 PM: Stacey Peace answered the State Bar’s “not a public entity” email in writing, with three sources. Read it
  4. May 13, 2026, 10:11 AM: her office answered my May 12 request with all 17 of my copy recipients kept on the reply, and named Stacey Peace, State ADA Coordinator, as my contact. Read it
  5. May 14, 2026: I sent her office a thank you at 10:06 AM. The office mailbox returned a read receipt at 10:26 AM and a written reply at 11:01 AM. Read it
  6. July 27, 2026, 12:13 PM: her office sent Georgia POST six first steps for a Title II ADA Coordinator, signed by Stacey Peace. On July 15, POST’s coordinator, Meghan Fail, had written: “I have never received training or gained any real knowledge of ADA.” Read it
  7. August 6 and 7, 2026: Stacey Peace asked Georgia POST for its Title II contact and grievance procedure, received POST’s answer through the Department of Law, and her office passed it to me at 4:55 PM on August 7. Read it
  8. September 21, 2026, 9:48 AM: Stacey Peace forwarded my September 14 Open Records Act request to Alisa Pereira, Director of Legal Services. On September 22, 2026, at 3:18 PM, Christy L. Sanders, Senior Attorney, sent me 47 files. Read about the records request
  9. October 7, 2026, 3:41 PM: Stacey Peace’s mailbox returned a read receipt on my letter to the State Bar of Georgia, which was addressed to her as well. Read it
  10. October 14 to 16, 2026: her office corrected its own directory of agency ADA Coordinators for the Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire and for the Department of Law, and Stacey Peace wrote to tell me at 4:06 PM on October 16. Read it

When Stacey Peace Did It:

Every email Stacey Peace or her office sent me, every email of mine sent to Stacey Peace’s address, every read receipt from her mailbox, and the office’s own records that name her, in order, each linked where a page exists. Times are Eastern. Chronology, not motive. A read receipt shows a message was opened on that mailbox. It can be declined, and many mail programs never send one.

DateRoleWhat it wasRead it
Apr 30, 2026Sent to her officeA 64 page ADA technical assistance package about the State Bar’s grievance process, by email and by priority mail.Read it: I Asked Georgia’s ADA Office Where a Disabled Person Files
May 5, 2026She wrote3:03 PM, to John J. Shiptenko of the State Bar: “Thank you for returning my call.” At 3:16 PM John J. Shiptenko replied: “I will give you a call tomorrow at 10 am.”Read it: State ADA Office Emails, Word for Word
May 6, 2026She actedA morning call with the State Bar’s ADA contact. At 11:14 AM she emailed John J. Shiptenko her office’s ADA notice and grievance procedure, the Department of Justice toolkit and the 2024 federal web rule.Read it: State ADA Office Emails, Word for Word
May 6, 2026Her office wrote12:49 PM: answered my four questions; told me it had contacted the State Bar by phone and email and offered model materials.Read it: Stacey Peace, State ADA Office: Answered in Six Days
May 7, 2026Effect10:01 AM: John J. Shiptenko, the State Bar’s ADA contact, wrote that, based on the conversation with Stacey Peace, “I am analyzing our ADA notices and processes”.Read it: Shiptenko Quoted My Email to Willard Back to Me That Morning
May 12, 2026She wroteAt 3:09 PM, thirty four minutes after John J. Shiptenko wrote her that the State Bar of Georgia is not a public entity, she answered John J. Shiptenko and sent three sources. “there are instances where State Bars have been held to be Title II entities under the ADA due to State Bars serving as administrative arms of state supreme courts or state governments”Read it: Stacey Peace to John J. Shiptenko, May 12, 2026
May 13, 2026Her office wrote10:11 AM: a written reply on the full institutional copy list, 17 recipients, setting out the limits of the office’s role and the routing path for an ADA grievance.Read it: The May 13 Reply
May 14, 2026Her office wroteMy thank you went at 10:06 AM. The office mailbox returned a read receipt at 10:26 AM and replied at 11:01 AM, with a typo correction at 11:07 AM.Read it: Stacey Peace, State ADA Office: Answered in Six Days
May 19, 2026She acted12:23 PM: forwarded the State Bar thread to her office mailbox: “FYI” and “Please archive.” At 4:32 PM her office answered my update of that day.Read it: State ADA Office Emails, Word for Word
June 3, 2026Her office acted8:15 AM: the office mailbox forwarded my one month update to her: “No response is needed.” At 8:42 AM the office replied to me: “You are welcome. Thank you for the update.”Read it: My One Month Update
July 27, 2026Her office wrote12:13 PM: six first steps for a Title II ADA Coordinator, sent to Georgia POST and signed by Stacey Peace.Read it: State ADA Office Emails, Word for Word
Aug 6, 2026She wrote4:10 PM, to Meghan Fail at Georgia POST: asked for POST’s Title II contact and grievance procedure. At 4:14 PM Meghan Fail forwarded it to Chris Harvey: “See below. I am not sure how to respond to this.”Read it: The August 6 Inquiry
Aug 7, 2026She wrote4:06 PM: Paul Jay Pontrelli, Department of Law, answered her for POST. 4:47 PM: she thanked Paul Jay Pontrelli. 4:55 PM: her office sent me POST’s contact: “The person responsible for ADA Title II compliance at Georgia POST is Meghan Fail.”Read it: The August 7 Answer
Sept 14, 2026Sent to her office5:59 PM: my Open Records Act request for the office’s records about the State Bar, Georgia POST, GIRMA, GMA and Gallagher Bassett.Read it: Where Are My Records?
Sept 21, 2026She acted9:48 AM: forwarded my request to Alisa Pereira, Director of Legal Services.No page yet
Sept 22, 2026Copied12:07 PM: copied on my two second transmissions of the request. 3:18 PM: Christy L. Sanders, Senior Attorney, sent 47 files. The two August 7, 2026 emails about Georgia POST between Stacey Peace and Paul Jay Pontrelli are not among them; I have them from Georgia POST’s own records.Read it: State of Georgia ADA Coordinator's Office
Oct 7, 2026Sent to Stacey Peace3:32 PM: my letter to General Counsel Russell D. Willard of the State Bar, addressed to Stacey Peace as well. Her mailbox returned a read receipt at 3:41 PM.Read it: Russell D. Willard
Oct 9, 2026Copied9:19 AM: copied on my ADA grievance to the Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire. Her mailbox returned a read receipt at 9:57 AM. 11:09 AM: copied on my email to that office asking who its ADA Coordinator is.No page yet
Oct 9, 2026Sent to Stacey Peace11:10 AM and 12:42 PM: my two emails telling her office that its directory listed an Insurance Commissioner ADA Coordinator who had left the agency.No page yet
Oct 9, 2026Copied5:58 PM: copied on “Answer The ADA Request,” my letter to John J. Shiptenko.Read it: John J. Shiptenko
Oct 14, 2026Her office wrote1:07 PM, as quoted in my reply: the departed coordinator was removed from the directory and “Ms. Karen Coffey’s information (as provided by Ms. Blocker) has been added in Ms. White’s place”. 2:14 PM: my reply, addressed to Stacey Peace. The office mailbox returned a read receipt at 7:20 AM on October 15.Read it: State ADA Office Emails, Word for Word
Oct 15, 2026Copied7:49 PM: copied on my formal ADA complaint to her office about the Georgia Department of Law.Read it: State ADA Office Emails, Word for Word
Oct 16, 2026She wrote7:01 AM: copied on my supplement. 8:35 AM: her office confirmed receipt. 9:18 AM: her office said it would reach out to the Department of Law. 4:06 PM: Stacey Peace named the Department of Law’s ADA Coordinator.Read it: State ADA Office Emails, Word for Word
Oct 16, 2026CopiedBetween 3:23 PM and 3:26 PM: copied on my reply to the Judicial Council’s General Counsel.No page yet

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