Some days practicing law requires long hours in the office, but some days practicing law allows you to be outside on a crisp, Colorado spring day. Luckily for the legal team working on a case to improve accessibility at Red…
RTD enhancing use of wheelchair securement area and mobility access on light rail vehicles
The official press release from the RTD settlement. A copy of the settlement is also available for review. Denver, CO, April 26, 2017 – The Regional Transportation District (RTD), Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC), and Disability Law United are collaborating to…
Disability Law United to receive a Visionaries in Action Award from the GLBT Community Center of Colorado
Disability Law United is thrilled and honored to receive a 2017 Visionaries in Action Award from The GLBT Community Center of Colorado (The Center)! In notifying us of the award, The Center’s Board Chairman, J. Ryann Peyton wrote that The…
Welcome Marième!
Disability Law United welcomes our winter extern Marième Diop to our Denver office! Marième is a junior at Swarthmore College — Amy’s alma mater — and is originally from Senegal! She grew up in Dakar, and moved to the US in…
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Disability Discrimination at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
A coalition of local disability-rights organizations filed a class action suit in Colorado’s Federal District Court yesterday claiming that the City of Denver has acted to deny those who use wheelchairs the opportunity to meaningfully access to Red Rocks Amphitheatre.…
NAD Lawsuit Against Harvard and MIT Moves Forward, Obligation to ensure equal treatment applies in emerging technologies
November 4, 2016 — Judge Mark G. Mastroianni of the District Court of Massachusetts denied Massachusetts Institute for Technology’s (MIT) and Harvard University’s motions to dismiss the National Association of the Deaf’s (NAD) and other named plaintiffs’ complaint that the…
Disability Law United & DMFHC Settle Family Status and Disability Housing Discrimination Complaints
Denver, CO — The Denver Metro Fair Housing Center (DMFHC) and Disability Law United resolved fair housing complaints against a management company that explicitly discriminated against families with children and people with disabilities. When DeWayne Curtis was looking for an…
Disability Law United and allies file amicus brief on mootness question in SSA overpayment case
“Oiling the squeaky wheel should never erase the responsibility of our government to treat all of us fairly.” –Lindsay Nako, Impact Fund On June 24, 2016, Disability Law United, Impact Fund, and Justice in Aging, joined by a coalition of…
Lauren Fontana Named one of the Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40
Disability Law United Staff Attorney Lauren Fontana was selected as one of the Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 – Class of 2016 by the National LGBT Bar Association. The awardees will be recognized at a ceremony on Friday, August 5,…
LGBTQ Groups Call for Unity in the Wake of Orlando Shooting
From the Arcus Foundation: Collective resolve across national, racial and political lines will be required to turn the tide against anti-LGBTQ violence. We the undersigned organizations working on the front lines of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) movement…