Brown, Goldstein & Levy Managing Partner Jessie Weber spoke as a panelist in a roundtable discussion entitled “A Journey Through Global Accessibility Laws,” before an audience of nearly 400 individuals, during the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) seventh annual Interagency Accessibility Forum (IAAF) on May 21.
Since 2013, the GSA has been hosting the forum for agency representatives, and the general public, to learn about federal accessibility policies and how they can adapt Section 508 standards to prioritize accessible technology.
Jessie, along with fellow panelists – Kathy Eng, Senior ICT Accessibility Specialist, U.S. Access Board; Nadine Charron, Executive Director of the Accessibility, Accommodation, and Adaptive Computer Technology (AAACT) Program, Shared Services Canada; Susanna Laurin, Managing Director and Chair, Funka Foundation; Alison Levy, Director, Office of Technical and Information Services, U.S. Access Board – discussed how different countries are promoting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) accessibility through legislation and regulations.
The panelists spoke about various laws including Section 508, the Accessible Canada Act, and the European Accessibility Act. Jessie focused on Title II of the ADA, specifically the new web and mobile accessibility rule, which requires state and local government entities to make websites and mobile applications accessible for people with disabilities.
For decades, Brown Goldstein & Levy has been dedicated to high-impact disability rights cases and advocacy on behalf of individuals with disabilities and their families. Read more about our disability rights practice here.
ABOUT JESSIE WEBER
In addition to leading BGL as managing partner, Jessie Weber enjoys helping clients navigate a diverse range of difficult legal issues, with a focus on civil rights, including disability and LGBTQ+ rights, employment law, including wage and hour cases, and appellate litigation. Jessie’s successes include obtaining a $1.25 million settlement for a class of Baltimore City school bus drivers and attendants wrongly denied their full pay, securing an injunction requiring the Maryland Board of Elections to make absentee voting accessible to voters with print disabilities, and winning an arbitration award of more than $250,000 on behalf of an African-American former Hooters server who was fired from her job because of Hooters’ racially discriminatory image policy. Learn more about Jessie here.
ABOUT BROWN, GOLDSTEIN & LEVY
Founded in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, with an office in Washington, D.C. The firm is nationally recognized in a wide variety of practice areas, including complex civil and commercial litigation, civil rights, health care, family law, and criminal defense. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered law firm that brings decades of experience and passionate, effective advocacy to your fight for justice.