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: grievance
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The State Bar of Georgia charged attorney Marsha Mignott under rules the Georgia Supreme Court said did not apply to her, lost a disabled complainant’s evidence and called his ADA requests “outcome-seeking,” and publishes ADA contact information in Spanish but not English. The facts are from court opinions and the Bar’s own words.
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As of June 26, 2026, the State Bar of Georgia had given a grievance against an outside lawyer a case number, a reviewer, and a written decision, while seven grievances against people connected to the Bar sat open with no disposition. In the complainant’s words: “The table does not show confusion. It shows disparity.”
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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.