ADA matters because people matter
ADA matters because people matter
Tag: John Shiptenko
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June 16, 2026. I waited past the June 15 date the State Bar of Georgia itself had given me, then sent a consolidated reconsideration reply with twenty-four written questions and exhibits to ADA Coordinator John J. Shiptenko and the full leadership group. He replied the same day, answered none of the twenty-four, and stripped the…
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June 10, 2026. Days after the State Bar of Georgia told me it read nothing in my emails as an accommodation request, ADA Coordinator John J. Shiptenko sent a proactive, substantive status update, on his own initiative, when it suited the Bar. He confirmed the timeline: “the State Bar approved your accommodation request, and Ms.…
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June 2, 2026. A day after I reported that my State Bar of Georgia complaint generated no confirmation it arrived, ADA Coordinator John J. Shiptenko replied, confirmed receipt, and then shrank his own job description. “correspondence to me regarding the grievance process should only be used to submit requests for accommodations under the ADA.” In…
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June 1, 2026. I filed a grievance against a State Bar of Georgia official. The Bar gave me no confirmation it arrived. None. Because I could not use the portal, and the route I could use generated no receipt. “I could not use the portal. The portal is not compatible with the assistive technology I…
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May 29, 2026. I asked the State Bar of Georgia a yes-or-no question. ADA Coordinator John J. Shiptenko answered with a litigating position and a deadline that came and went. “To be clear, the State Bar’s position remains that it is not subject to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.” That was the…
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May 27, 2026. After weeks of the State Bar of Georgia talking around it, I cut the whole dispute down to one sentence and put it in front of ADA Coordinator John J. Shiptenko. “Does the State Bar of Georgia agree that Title II of the ADA applies to access to its attorney-grievance process, yes…
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May 26, 2026. After weeks of being told to send this to one person and that to another, I tried the obvious fix. I put everything in a single document. The State Bar of Georgia mostly mailed it back. I sent the ADA Coordinator, John J. Shiptenko, a consolidated follow-up with fifteen open process and…
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May 22, 2026. After a numbered “THIRD REQUEST” and a format conversion, the loop finally closed. The accessible-format resend worked where the first attempt had not. The reviewer, Adrienne D. Nash, confirmed it at 11:44 a.m. “I received both of your recent attachments, and I was able to access them,” she wrote. “They will also…
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May 21, 2026. By the third day I numbered it. The subject line read “THIRD REQUEST.” That is what it took to get the State Bar of Georgia to confirm it had received my own evidence. Two prior asks had drawn no substantive confirmation. So the repetition itself became the message. A disabled filer should…
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May 20, 2026. Ask the State Bar of Georgia whether your evidence arrived and you do not get a yes. You get a forwarding address. The ADA Coordinator, John J. Shiptenko, wrote back at 8:31 a.m. about the submission I had sent to be confirmed. His answer: “I received it as a courtesy copy. You…