Received: May 7, 2026, 10:01 AM ET
From: (Senior Assistant General Counsel / ADA Coordinator) · To: (complainant) · CC: (General Counsel); (Deputy General Counsel)
As the ADA Coordinator, my duty is to make sure that the State Bar does not discriminate against you due to your disability. For your pending grievance, this means that I will help ensure that you have the same rights and opportunities as non-disabled grievants. Please explain to me how you believe the Bar is discriminating against you in the grievance process, and I will do my best to address the issue. I also have a duty to make sure that we provide disability-related accommodations that help you effectively access and participate in the grievance process.
I will try to address each of your listed concerns separately.
No published timeline for a written response. Please clarify this question. I am unsure if this is a disability-related issue or a grievance/reconsideration procedural question.
No single, designated ADA contact. A public entity can have numerous ADA coordinators. While the ADA only requires public entities with 50 or more employees to designate at least one responsible employee to coordinate compliance, having more than one is common and often recommended for larger organizations. I am one of the designated ADA Coordinators. Grievance counsel usually handles ADA requests for the grievance process, and I assist as needed. Yesterday, I spoke to the State ADA Coordinator with the State of Georgia’s ADA Coordinator’s Office. Based on that conversation, I am analyzing our ADA notices and processes to determine whether and how they can be improved.
No consistent email or phone number. In my May 4 email I provided you with my contact information for disability-related issues and grievance counsel’s contact information for procedural questions. If this doesn’t meet your accessibility needs, please let me know.
Answers from different people, on different days. I can only assume that various members of the OGC staff are trying to be helpful. I suggest that you consider limiting your communication to me for disability-related issues and to grievance counsel for your grievance/reconsideration. If you would like, I could request that the OGC only communicate with you about the grievance/reconsideration through grievance counsel. Please let me know.
An ADA contact who acknowledged the package and then went quiet. In my May 4 email I identified two disability-related accommodations that you requested, granted those requests, and explained that I had notified the relevant staff that the OGC must comply. I also invited you to request another accommodation if you felt it was necessary.
I hope this email is helpful.
Thank you.
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Source: Correspondence received from the State Bar of Georgia, May 7, 2026. Reproduced verbatim. Personal names, email addresses, and direct phone and fax numbers redacted.
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