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

State of Georgia ADA Coordinator’s Office

The ADA Office of Georgia is the state ADA Coordinator’s Office. It provides technical guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act as it applies to the programs, services, and activities of Georgia entities. The State ADA Coordinator is Stacey Peace, and the office is at 270 Washington Street SW, Atlanta.

This page is here for one reason. Of every institution in this record, the State of Georgia ADA Coordinator’s Office is the one that treated my request for access as a legitimate ADA concern.

What I sent

On April 30, 2026, I sent the office a sixty-four page ADA technical-assistance package about the State Bar of Georgia’s attorney-grievance process. The office confirmed it was the first program-access complaint of its kind on file against the Bar.

What they did

The office did not question whether I really needed help. It treated the matter as a recognizable ADA access concern, contacted the State Bar directly, and offered assistance and model materials. Within hours of that contact on May 6, the Bar designated a contact, began sending individual written acknowledgments for the first time, and partially granted two of the six accommodations I had asked for.

On May 14, I sent a thank-you email. The office replied nineteen minutes later.

Their words

“The proper routing path for your ADA-related grievances as they relate to the programs, services and activities of the State Bar of Georgia would be to file a grievance with John J. Shiptenko.”
Georgia State ADA Coordinator’s Office, May 13, 2026.
“The State ADA Coordinator’s Office team strives to provide excellent customer service, technical guidance, and support to each individual and entity that contacts our office for assistance.”
Georgia State ADA Coordinator’s Office, May 14, 2026.

The contrast

I offered proof of my disability to every institution in this record. In the three tracks, that proof was rejected and my need for assistance was questioned. The State of Georgia ADA Coordinator’s Office did the opposite. It engaged, it routed, and it confirmed that the request was legitimate.

That contrast is the record.

What this is not

To be accurate about what the office did and did not do. It has not ruled that the State Bar is a Title II public entity. It has not decided the underlying grievance. It has taken no position on the merits, and it has ordered no one to do anything. What it did was treat the access request as legitimate, contact the Bar, and confirm the Bar’s ADA obligations for programs, services, and activities.

The office

Georgia State ADA Coordinator’s Office. 270 Washington Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, GA 30334. Public site: ada.georgia.gov.

Corrections: this is built from documents I received. If any fact is incomplete or inaccurate, identify the page, the sentence, and the supporting document, and I will review and correct the record.