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On May 26, 2026, in a second email, John J. Shiptenko reviewed the consolidated fifteen question ledger and routed questions 1 through 5 and 10 through 15 to William D. NeSmith III. Read the May 26 response
On May 27, 2026, I reduced the coverage question to one written question: “Does Title II Apply, Yes or No.” The email went to John J. Shiptenko.
On May 29, 2026, John J. Shiptenko wrote: “The State Bar’s position remains that it is not subject to Title II.” The same email stated that any ADA obligation would arise under Title III rather than Title II. Read the May 29 response
On May 29, 2026, at 7:14 PM, I filed a grievance involving Leigh Burgess by the written email route the State Bar had offered outside its public portal. The allegations and contents are not published here. Read the public filing record
On June 1, 2026, Adrienne D. Nash‘s mailbox returned an automatic out of office message covering June 1 through June 5. Read the automatic reply
On June 1, 2026, I asked John J. Shiptenko twice, at 7:07 PM and 7:42 PM, to confirm receipt of the May 29 filing. Read the receipt request
On June 2, 2026, at 11:15 AM, I sent the State of Georgia ADA Coordinator’s Office a one month update on access at the State Bar of Georgia, with State Bar of Georgia leadership copied, including Russell D. Willard, William D. NeSmith III, John J. Shiptenko, Christopher P. Twyman, Damon E. Elmore and Sandra Dixon. The attached letter told them my federal ADA complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice had been filed.
On June 2, 2026, John J. Shiptenko acknowledged the May 29 and June 1 correspondence. He also wrote that correspondence to him regarding the grievance process should be used only to submit accommodation requests under the ADA. The message did not identify a reviewer. Read the June 2 response
On June 8, 2026, at 5:05 PM, I sent a complaint by email to Sandra Dixon, Director of Human Resources, with State Bar leadership copied. The contents and allegations are not published here. Read the public filing record
On June 10, 2026, I contacted Sandra Dixon again concerning the June 8 Human Resources complaint. The supplied record contains no Human Resources acknowledgment by that date.
On June 10, 2026, John J. Shiptenko wrote that the accommodation remained approved and that Adrienne D. Nash would resume review on June 15.
On June 16, 2026, at 8:11 AM, I resent a consolidated reconsideration reply after an earlier delivery problem. The delivered correspondence contained twenty four written questions and asked who would read and answer them.
On June 16, 2026, John J. Shiptenko replied. He attached a blank grievance form and identified alternative written submission methods. The operational questions in my correspondence were not answered in that reply. Read the June 16 response
On June 17, 2026, at 3:48 PM, I sent John J. Shiptenko seventeen written process and access questions, with State Bar leadership copied. Read the June 17 questions
On June 17, 2026, at 4:22 PM, John J. Shiptenko answered the grievance form point. He wrote that I did not have to use the form and could create a document using my existing voice to text tool. The other written questions were not answered in that reply. Read the June 17 response
On June 17, 2026, at about 7:21 PM, I filed a grievance involving John J. Shiptenko by the written route Shiptenko had identified earlier that day. The allegations and contents are not published here. Read the public filing record
On June 18, 2026, at 7:22 AM, a read receipt showed Sarah I. Coole, Chief Operating Officer, had opened the June 17 filing concerning John J. Shiptenko. The supplied record contains no reply from Coole to that filing.
On June 18, 2026, at 8:05 AM, John J. Shiptenko acknowledged the grievance concerning him with one word: “Received.” The email went to me alone and identified no reviewer. Read the June 18 acknowledgment
On June 25, 2026, after the June 15 date supplied by the State Bar had passed without a reconsideration ruling, I requested a written status on the open State Bar grievances. Read the June 25 status request
On June 26, 2026, read receipts showed William D. NeSmith III, Christopher P. Twyman, and Sarah I. Coole opened a leadership status message within 45 minutes. The supplied record contains no substantive reply from those three officials to that message.
On June 26, 2026, John J. Shiptenko’s mailbox returned an automatic absence message naming another State Bar employee as the contact during his absence.
On June 30, 2026, between 4:23 PM and 4:35 PM Eastern, the State Bar emailed six decisions from a no reply address. Read the June 30 decisions Read the entry on the six letters
On June 30, 2026, Adrienne D. Nash signed the two decisions involving lawyers outside the Office of the General Counsel. Those letters stated a standard and reasons.
On June 30, 2026, Jeffrey W. DeLoach, Chair of the State Disciplinary Board and outside the Office of the General Counsel, signed the four decisions involving Andreea N. Morrison, William D. NeSmith III, Leigh Burgess, and John J. Shiptenko. Each was one paragraph, found “no basis” to forward the matter, and stated no evidentiary standard.
On June 30, 2026, the June 8 complaint to Sandra Dixon in Human Resources received no decision in that six letter batch.
On September 5, 2026, at 8:07 AM, I wrote to Sandra Dixon, Director of Human Resources, asking for the status of the June 8 complaint and who decides it and setting September 18, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET as the answer date. Read the September 5 letter
On September 5, 2026, Sandra Dixon’s mailbox returned an automatic reply within 20 seconds of the September 5 transmission.
On September 6, 2026, at 2:09 PM, a read receipt showed Sarah I. Coole, Chief Operating Officer, had opened the September 5 letter.
On September 14, 2026, at 8:07 PM, I wrote to Russell D. Willard, General Counsel, and Damon E. Elmore, Executive Director. The letter was delivered to all four State Bar recipients at about 8:08 PM and requested a written response by September 24, 2026. Read the September 14 institutional letter
On September 14, 2026, at 8:07 PM, I separately wrote to John J. Shiptenko about the State Bar disability access route. William D. NeSmith III opened that letter at 8:30 PM. A response was requested by September 24, 2026. Read the September 14 access letter
On September 15, 2026, at 3:37 PM, I wrote to Jeffrey W. DeLoach, Chair of the State Disciplinary Board, with nineteen recipients copied. Damon E. Elmore opened the message two minutes later. A response was requested by September 24, 2026. Read the September 15 letter
On September 18, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET, the answer date in the September 5 letter passed with no answer from Sandra Dixon, Director of Human Resources. The only message her mailbox has sent me is the September 5 automatic reply.
On September 18, 2026, at 6:23 PM, I wrote to Sandra Dixon, Director of Human Resources, under the subject “Day 102. The September 18 Deadline Has Passed. Nine Questions, No Answer.”
On September 19, 2026, at 4:17 PM, I sent John J. Shiptenko, Senior Assistant General Counsel and ADA contact, one question, under the subject “One Question: Are You Still My ADA Coordinator at the State Bar of Georgia?” A read receipt showed William D. NeSmith III, Deputy General Counsel, opened it at 5:52 PM.
On September 22, 2026, at 8:07 AM, John J. Shiptenko, Senior Assistant General Counsel, replied to me, copying only William D. NeSmith III, Deputy General Counsel: “I am the State Bar’s ADA Coordinator, and you may continue to send your accommodation requests to me.”
On September 22, 2026, at 10:55 AM, I wrote again to Russell D. Willard, General Counsel. The letter was delivered to all four State Bar recipients and asked for a written answer by September 25, 2026. Read the September 22 letter
On September 24 and September 25, 2026, the response dates in the September 14, September 15 and September 22 letters passed. None of the questions in those letters was answered.
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