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The DOJ’s Final Rule on Digital Accessibility: Practical Considerations for Public Institutions and Changes on the Horizon for Private Institutions

Speaker Biographies

Phil CatanzanoPhil Catanzano is currently a co-founder of Education & Sports Law Group. Prior to starting Education & Sports Law Group, Phil was Senior Counsel at Holland & Knight for seven years and, prior to that, an attorney at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights for almost a decade where he investigated institutions accused of discrimination on the basis of disability, gender, or race/ethnicity, among others. Phil has also served in Title IX coordinating roles and supportive roles for accessibility services offices on an interim basis. In the accessibility context, this includes advising and conducting programmatic reviews around accommodation processes, physical accessibility, and digital accessibility. A primary aspect of Phil's practice is representing institutions involved in investigations or compliance reviews with federal regulators from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice. Phil also teaches higher education law and disability law at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, as well as at Boston College. Using this classroom experience, Phil often shares with audiences the practical benefits and challenges of creating an accessible classroom environment.

Trevor-FinnemanTrevor Finneman, Esq., has proudly served on the DCRC board since 2016. Trevor is Principal Counsel for the University of California Office of the President, where he advises on a range of disability issues—including student accommodations, online accessibility, and the physical accessibility of University of California campuses and facilities. As an attorney with a profound bilateral hearing loss, he has dedicated his career to disability issues.

 

 

 

 

 

Bisi-Ladeji-okubadejo Olabisi “Bisi” Okubadejo currently serves as Associate Vice President of Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Compliance at Georgetown University. Prior to transitioning to Georgetown, Bisi was Of Counsel at Ballard Spahr LLP, where her practice focused on civil rights and employment issues in higher education, particularly on matters arising from alleged discrimination on the basis of race, disability, religion, age, and sex, including sexual harassment and sexual violence. She has experience both as an attorney in private practice and as a supervisory attorney with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Ms. Okubadejo has advised colleges and universities on their compliance with federal laws, including Title IX, the ADA, Section 504, the Clery Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination Act, FERPA, and Title VII. She has experience working with educational institutions and business entities on digital accessibility issues, including compliance with government settlement agreements and ensuring the accessibility of websites and course materials. Ms. Okubadejo's experience includes providing interactive training on civil rights issues to coordinators, administrators, hearing panels/judicial boards, campus safety departments, and students. She also has significant experience conducting and overseeing internal investigations and program reviews of higher education institutions and other employers, and auditing policies and procedures.