Biography

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Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer and an author who works primarily with the blind community on technology, digital, and information access issues. She is nationally recognized for negotiating landmark accessibility agreements without lawsuits and for pioneering the collaborative dispute resolution method known as Structured Negotiation. Lainey’s book, Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits, was published in 2016 by the American Bar Association (ABA). In 2017 Lainey was the individual recipient of the John W. Cooley Lawyer as Problem Solver Award, given annually to one individual and one organization by the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association. In 2014 Lainey was honored with a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award. She also received a CLAY Award in 2000. Lainey is a frequent and highly regarded speaker at conferences, webinars and other programs and events.