DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

Payne's background and experience working with individuals with disabilities makes her uniquely situated as an effective legal advocate in the field of disability rights.  She represents clients with a variety of mental health diagnoses, intellectual or cognitive impairments, trauma-related disorders, and/or physical impairments in the fields of employment discrimination, public accommodations, higher education, and housing discrimination.  Payne has the experience as an advocate to assist such clients in seeking accommodations or other equal treatment under the law.

Areas of Practice:

• Discrimination by Public Accommodations (restaurants, hotels, movie theaters)

• Companion and service animals

• Employment discrimination based on disability or perceived disability

• Discrimination in higher education (universities and colleges)

• Requests for reasonable accommodations in employment, housing, and higher education

• Denial of equal services by the government

• Failure to provide effective communication in government services (such as an ASL interpreter)

• Housing discrimination based on disability

If you have questions about accessibility or require any specific accommodations, please contact the firm.