{"id":44587,"date":"2024-08-19T11:45:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T17:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jgmleonard.com\/?p=44587"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:49:16","slug":"is-your-website-ada-compliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgmleonard.com\/lawyer\/is-your-website-ada-compliant\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your website ADA compliant?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44587\" class=\"elementor elementor-44587\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7814d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e7814d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-596c20f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"596c20f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Is your law firm website compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f25d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58f25d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Does my law firm website have to be compliant with ADA?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14a48c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14a48c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>YES IT DOES.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54220a7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54220a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aded32c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aded32c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>The threat of lawsuits<\/strong><\/h2><p>Law firms have to be careful if they don&#8217;t follow these guidelines, as websites without any accessibility features for the disabled have already gotten owners in trouble. Even for a small website, the necessary changes that need to be made to help disabled users can easily run into tens of thousands of dollars. These problems have made it to the local news, and some small businesses in Florida have had to spend thousands of dollars to pay attorney\u2019s fees and agree to make changes to their websites within a certain period of time as part of a settlement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df90ab0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df90ab0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b702a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0b702a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here is what the Florida Bar Association says about ADA compliance.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;Title III specifically lists law offices as a place of public accommodation and requires law offices to provide full and equal services and privileges to disabled persons.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6237dc elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b6237dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.floridabar.org\/the-florida-bar-journal\/websites-and-mobile-applications-do-they-comply-with-title-iii-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16dd6f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16dd6f7\" 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