WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive

Lainey Feingold is a white woman with gray-white hair who is smiling in this image. Her hair color is not surprising as she inches towards 70 years old!

Lainey Feingold (She/Her)

Disability rights lawyer, author, public speaker

Law Office of Lainey Feingold

United States

About Lainey Feingold

Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer, author, and international speaker who has worked in the digital accessibility space since 1995. She helped negotiate the first web accessibility agreement in the United States in 2000 and has worked with the blind community and with dozens of companies and public sector organizations on accessibility initiatives since then. Lainey is the author of the book Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits (2d Edition 2021). She has been named a “Legal Rebel” and “Problem Solver of the Year” by the American Bar Association and twice received a California Lawyer Magazine “Attorney of the Year Award.” Lainey serves on the Board of Teach Access, a non-profit collaborating with education institutions, disability organizations, industry, and government to close the digital accessibility skills gap. More info at LFLegal.com.

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