Description:

Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer who works with the blind community on technology, digital, and information access issues. Her book, Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits, was published by the ABA Section of DR in 2016. Using Structured Negotiation, and without filing lawsuits, Lainey, her clients and co-counsel negotiated landmark accessibility agreements with major organizations in the US, e.g., Walmart, Bank of America, and Major League Baseball. Her unique ADR process has also been successful with public entities including San Francisco. CA Lawyer, in 2000 and 2014, named her one of its Attorneys of the Year. This year, the ABA Section of DR named her the individual recipient of the prestigious John W. Cooley Lawyer as Problem Solver Award.