This office provides technical guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Its public materials describe support for state agencies, ADA coordinators and people seeking technical assistance.
The State ADA Coordinator is Stacey Peace. The office is at 270 Washington Street SW in Atlanta. Official information is available at ada.georgia.gov.
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 an ADA technical assistance request about the State Bar of Georgia’s attorney-grievance process. On May 6, the office wrote: “Our office is not aware of any previous public program access concerns involving the State Bar of Georgia.” It added that it is not required to keep program access records about other Title II entities.
What they did
The office did not question whether I really needed help. It treated the case as a recognizable ADA access concern, contacted the State Bar by phone and email, and offered the Bar its team’s assistance and guidance. It sent me model notice and grievance procedure materials. Here is the order, by the clock. On May 4, 2026, at 10:56 AM ET, John J. Shiptenko, Senior Assistant General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, wrote to me “As an ADA Coordinator,” named Adrienne D. Nash to a procedural role in my case, and wrote: “The OGC is granting the following ADA accommodations requested by you:” written communication only, and accessible electronic format. On May 6, 2026, at 12:49 PM ET, the State ADA Coordinator’s Office wrote that it had contacted the Bar by phone and email. On May 7, 2026, John J. Shiptenko wrote: “Yesterday, I spoke to Ms. Stacey Peace, State ADA Coordinator, with the State of Georgia’s ADA Coordinator’s Office.” He wrote that he was “analyzing our ADA notices and processes.”
On May 14, I sent a thank you email at 10:06 AM. The office read it at 10:26 AM and replied at 11:01 AM.
Their words
“The proper routing or escalation 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, Senior Assistant General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia”.
Georgia State ADA Coordinator’s Office, May 6, 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 named the route, 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 name the route for ADA grievances about the Bar’s 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.
What the State ADA Coordinator’s Office records show it did, office by office
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.