ADA, Accessibility & Life Safety Codes
StayLaw provides services in many of the typical legal
practice areas and a number of interdisciplinary practice areas. The
firm’s Americans with Disabilities Act, Accessibility & Building Codes
Practice offers clients a wealth of ADA-related capabilities and
experience. Our team has assisted clients throughout the United States
in matters ranging from permitting, design, waivers, accessibility and
compliance to labor, safety and employment issues. Our attorneys’ range
of public, private and legislative backgrounds enable them to alert
clients to potential ADA and related accessibility issues, as well as
respond immediately to job site and workplace safety issues. In addition,
these attorneys have experience with state and federal Fair Housing Act
(FHA) issues regarding protections for the disabled.
A number of attorneys in the practice provide counseling and litigation
support on numerous laws and codes, including the ADA, FHA, Uniform
Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) and Rehabilitation Act. While our
team focuses on Titles II and III of the ADA, we also offer guidance on
how Titles I, II and III interrelate. In addition, we assist clients
around the country with state and local building code compliance and
preventative facility audits.
Our experience includes litigating cases brought under all of the
accessibility codes, from cases concerning single facilities up to
national class actions including 5,000 facilities and a purported class
of 54 million. Members of our team, which includes architects and
engineers, also regularly serve as expert witnesses. Additionally, we
act as consultants – conducting pre-construction and pre-purchase audits
to ensure that properties are compliant with the appropriate codes,
thereby helping our clients to prevent future law suits.
Business-Focused Legal Services
* Americans with Disabilities Act
* Counseling and defense
* Fair Housing Act
* Building and life safety codes
* FEMA
* Environmental compliance
* Environmental permitting
* Historic preservation
* Special use licensing
* Tax aspects
* Workplace safety/OSHA
* Appellate
* Governmental – legislative (state and federal)
* Governmental – administrative (state and federal)
* Real estate operations |