Ainsley Gilchrist
Associate
Takes disability rights cases against schools and public offices, and writes the first letter herself.
Ainsley joined the firm after a clerkship and a year at a disability rights clinic. She handles access claims against schools, public buildings and agencies.
She visits the place whenever she can, with a tape measure and the client’s own account of what happened there.
Takes cases about
- Schools and school districts
- Buildings and spaces
- Programs, forms and websites
Credentials
Admitted to practice
Alabama
2019
Courts
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Education
J.D., Vanderbilt Law School
B.A., University of Georgia
Languages
English
American Sign Language
Conversational
Memberships
Alabama State Bar
The room, the form and the rule
A barrier is usually three things: a place, a procedure and a person who could have fixed it. I name all three in the first letter, with the change I am asking for.
Many of these end with a repaired entrance or a rewritten policy and no lawsuit. I am glad when they do. When they do not, the letter is the first exhibit.