Lainey Feingold

Lainey Feingold is an internationally recognized disability rights lawyer, author, and public speaker. She has worked to make the digital world more inclusive since 1995. Lainey is the author of Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits, first published in 2016 with a second edition in 2021. It tells stories of how blind people and their lawyers have used civil rights laws to advance accessibility through relationship building, problem-solving, and collaborative skills. For more than a quarter century Lainey has resolved complex legal claims without lawsuits, conflict, or expense using the strategies described in her book. Lainey Feingold is an American Bar Association (ABA) Legal Rebel, the organization's 2017 Problem Solver of the Year, and has received two California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) awards for the collaborative work described in her book. Lainey speaks to audiences across the globe about collaboration, digital accessibility, and the civil rights of disabled people and serves as the accessibility subject matter expert for Disability:IN, the business disability global inclusion non-profit. Learn more at http://LFLegal.com and follow her on Twitter at @LFLegal.