News Release

NCD #02-359
April 29, 2002
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov

National Council on Disability Legal Experts Available for Comment on Supreme Court Decision Involving the Americans with Disabilities Act

WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability's (NCD) team of legal experts is available for comment on today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in U.S. Airways, Inc. v. Barnett (No. 00-1250), an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case.

These experts are:

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.

Kathleen A. Blank, NCD senior attorney/advisor. Ms. Blank is a disability civil rights attorney who previously conducted and coordinated research on federal enforcement of disability civil rights laws at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund. She can be reached at 202-272-2019.

Joan M. Durocher, NCD fellow. Ms. Durocher is an attorney and serves as liaison to the American Bar Association's Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and vice-chair of the Section of Business Law's Committee on Diversity. She can be reached at 202-272-2117.