Media Advisory
NCD #01-322
February 22, 2001
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov National
Council on Disability Experts Available for Comment on Supreme Court
Cases Involving Americans with Disabilities Act
WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability's (NCD)
team of legal experts is available for comment on yesterday's U.S.
Supreme Court decision in University of Alabama v. Garrett
(No. 99-1240) and the upcoming decision in PGA Tour, Inc. v.
Martin, Casey (No. 00-24), cases related to the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA). These experts are:
Marca Bristo, NCD chairperson. Ms. Bristo is the president
and chief executive officer of Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago.
She also co-founded and served a two-term presidency for the National
Council on Independent Living. She can be reached at 312-226-5900.
Edward Correia, NCD member. Mr. Correia is currently
of counsel to the Latham and Watkins law firm in Washington, DC.
Previously, he was special counsel to the president for civil rights
at the White House. He can be reached at 202-637-2200.
Jeffrey T. Rosen, NCD general counsel and director
of policy. Mr. Rosen is a former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission attorney, where he worked as a senior attorney in the
Office of Legal Counsel, Advice and External Litigation Division.
He can be reached at 202-272-2124.
NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations
to the President and Congress on disability policy. In 1986, NCD
first proposed and then drafted the original ADA. Currently, NCD
is coordinating a multi-year study on the implementation and enforcement
of ADA and other civil rights laws.
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