ADA MATTERS BECAUSE PEOPLE MATTER
A DISABLED DAD’S ADA MATTERS
Georgia on My Mind
STATE BAR OF GEORGIA • CITY OF BROOKHAVEN • GIRMA, GMA, AND GALLAGHER BASSETT
Tag: Georgia Bar
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On April 21, 2026, the complainant asked the State Bar of Georgia to recuse Deputy General Counsel Andreea Morrison and copied her boss. She read it within the hour; by the next evening her office posted an out-of-office reply with no backup contact and a promised return reply that never came.
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On June 18, 2026, ADA Coordinator John J. Shiptenko acknowledged a grievance filed against him in a single word, “Received.” By June 25 it remained, by the complainant’s account, the only response on any of seven matters open with the State Bar of Georgia, none of which had a disposition.
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On June 17, 2026, John J. Shiptenko, the State Bar of Georgia ADA Coordinator assigned to my matter, told me I could file a grievance using my own voice-to-text tool. The emails and the grievance are linked here.
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On May 12, 2026, Deputy General Counsel William D. NeSmith III wrote that the State Bar of Georgia is “not a public entity” and “not required to have a published ADA Coordinator,” eight days after the Bar granted the complainant accommodations.
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On April 21, 2026, Assistant General Counsel Leigh Burgess admitted the State Bar of Georgia had received the complainant’s February submissions and misclassified them, leaving them out of the grievance file before the April 10 dismissal.