A DISABLED DAD’S ADA MATTERS
Georgia on My Mind
STATE BAR OF GEORGIA • CITY OF BROOKHAVEN • GIRMA, GMA, AND GALLAGHER BASSETT
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.
As of June 26, 2026, the California and North Carolina state bars publish ADA grievance procedures and name their ADA Coordinators, while the State Bar of Georgia publishes neither and wrote that it is not required to have a published ADA Coordinator.
Between May 4 and May 29, 2026, the State Bar of Georgia granted ADA accommodations, wrote that it is “not a public entity” and “not required to have a published ADA Coordinator,” approved the accommodations again, and then wrote it is not subject to Title II.
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.
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.
