Program Details
2026-06-04 14:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-06-04 14:00:00
1h CLE Credits
Intermediate
1
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm ESTExamine the foundational legal framework shaping website accessibility claims, including ADA Title III, evolving WCAG standards, Department of Justice guidance, and the patchwork of federal and state rules that define how courts evaluate digital accessibility disputes today.
Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Civil Rights Law
Richard Hunt
William D. Goren
Jessie Weber 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm ESTExplore the strategic considerations driving plaintiff-side litigation, including establishing standing, pleading sufficient factual allegations, identifying actionable accessibility barriers, selecting favorable jurisdictions, and navigating recent judicial skepticism toward serial filers that has reshaped how accessibility claims are successfully brought.
Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Civil Rights Law
Richard HuntWilliam D. GorenJessie Weber 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm ESTAnalyze critical defense strategies for responding to accessibility claims, including challenging standing, asserting mootness through remediation, evaluating settlement versus litigation tradeoffs, addressing widget-related exposure, and advising business clients on proactive compliance measures that reduce future litigation risk.
Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Civil Rights Law
Richard HuntWilliam D. GorenJessie Weber 2:50 pm - 3:00 pm ESTEngage directly with the presenter during an interactive session covering practical compliance resources, audit tools, WCAG reference materials, and litigation checklists, while addressing attendee questions drawn from real-world scenarios encountered in active website accessibility cases.
Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Civil Rights Law
Richard HuntWilliam D. GorenJessie WeberRichard Hunt is a Texas Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and partner at Hunt Huey PLLC in Dallas, with more than forty years of experience representing businesses and individuals in litigation, arbitration, and mediation. His practice is centered on the disability rights provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act, providing both defense representation and compliance consulting to a national client base spanning real estate developers, retailers, restaurants, shopping centers, banks, apartment owners, hotels, and governmental entities. Richard is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer. He is the author of Accessibility Defense (accessdefense.com), a nationally recognized blog serving as a resource for attorneys, accessibility professionals, and others involved in ADA and FHA litigation. He has served as an adjunct professor of Disability Law at the SMU Dedman School of Law, an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, and on the Examination Committee for Civil Trial Certification for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He holds a B.A. in English and German (1978) and a J.D. (1981), and has been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law since 1990.
William D. Goren is an attorney and consultant at William D. Goren, J.D., LL.M. LLC in Decatur, Georgia, whose law and consulting practice — centered at understandingtheada.com — has focused exclusively on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related laws since 1990. His practice provides consulting, counseling, representation, and training on compliance with the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Air Carrier Access Act, the Fair Housing Act, and related disability rights laws. Mr. Goren is himself deaf with a congenital bilateral hearing loss of 70–120+ decibels, giving him a deep personal understanding of what disability means in practice and how the ADA actually operates — perspective he brings to every client engagement and training. He is a frequent presenter, a trained mediator, a FINRA arbitrator (Chairperson eligible), and an arbitrator on the CPR employment panel. He is the author of Understanding the ADA, now in its 4th edition (ABA, 2013), and numerous articles on the rights of persons with disabilities. He holds an A.B. from Vassar College, a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law, and an LL.M. in Health Law from DePaul University College of Law — one of the first recipients of that degree in the country.
Jessie Weber is Managing Partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, where she focuses on civil litigation nationwide with an emphasis on disability rights, fair housing, workplace justice, and appellate litigation. She has successfully litigated and resolved cases involving accessible technology and document formats, voting rights for individuals with print disabilities, access to health care and educational opportunities, and employment discrimination. Among her most significant matters, she represents blind students and the National Federation of the Blind in litigation against the Los Angeles Community College District, obtaining a jury verdict finding LACCD violated Title II of the ADA through inaccessible technology and awarding over $240,000 in damages to individual plaintiffs — a verdict recently reinstated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She was also part of the legal team in Robles v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC, achieving both a landmark Ninth Circuit decision clarifying that public accommodations must make their web and mobile services accessible under the ADA, and a subsequent trial court order holding Domino’s in violation and requiring remediation. Before joining BGL, Ms. Weber was a Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow at the Public Justice Center, and before that clerked for Judge Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She serves as president of the board of Disability Rights Maryland and holds her A.B. from Princeton University and her J.D. from Yale Law School.
Richard Hunt is a Texas Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and partner at Hunt Huey PLLC in Dallas, with more than forty years of experience representing businesses and individuals in litigation, arbitration, and mediation. His practice is centered on the disability rights provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act, providing both defense representation and compliance consulting to a national client base spanning real estate developers, retailers, restaurants, shopping centers, banks, apartment owners, hotels, and governmental entities. Richard is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer. He is the author of Accessibility Defense (accessdefense.com), a nationally recognized blog serving as a resource for attorneys, accessibility professionals, and others involved in ADA and FHA litigation. He has served as an adjunct professor of Disability Law at the SMU Dedman School of Law, an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, and on the Examination Committee for Civil Trial Certification for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He holds a B.A. in English and German (1978) and a J.D. (1981), and has been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law since 1990.
William D. Goren is an attorney and consultant at William D. Goren, J.D., LL.M. LLC in Decatur, Georgia, whose law and consulting practice — centered at understandingtheada.com — has focused exclusively on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related laws since 1990. His practice provides consulting, counseling, representation, and training on compliance with the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Air Carrier Access Act, the Fair Housing Act, and related disability rights laws. Mr. Goren is himself deaf with a congenital bilateral hearing loss of 70–120+ decibels, giving him a deep personal understanding of what disability means in practice and how the ADA actually operates — perspective he brings to every client engagement and training. He is a frequent presenter, a trained mediator, a FINRA arbitrator (Chairperson eligible), and an arbitrator on the CPR employment panel. He is the author of Understanding the ADA, now in its 4th edition (ABA, 2013), and numerous articles on the rights of persons with disabilities. He holds an A.B. from Vassar College, a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law, and an LL.M. in Health Law from DePaul University College of Law — one of the first recipients of that degree in the country.
Jessie Weber is Managing Partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, where she focuses on civil litigation nationwide with an emphasis on disability rights, fair housing, workplace justice, and appellate litigation. She has successfully litigated and resolved cases involving accessible technology and document formats, voting rights for individuals with print disabilities, access to health care and educational opportunities, and employment discrimination. Among her most significant matters, she represents blind students and the National Federation of the Blind in litigation against the Los Angeles Community College District, obtaining a jury verdict finding LACCD violated Title II of the ADA through inaccessible technology and awarding over $240,000 in damages to individual plaintiffs — a verdict recently reinstated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She was also part of the legal team in Robles v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC, achieving both a landmark Ninth Circuit decision clarifying that public accommodations must make their web and mobile services accessible under the ADA, and a subsequent trial court order holding Domino’s in violation and requiring remediation. Before joining BGL, Ms. Weber was a Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow at the Public Justice Center, and before that clerked for Judge Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She serves as president of the board of Disability Rights Maryland and holds her A.B. from Princeton University and her J.D. from Yale Law School.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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