Plaintiff's Expert for Accessibility Lawsuits Overview We provide expert witness services for a plaintiff under federal civil rights law with regard to accessibility. Pre-litigation survey Before a lawsuit is filed, we provide a pre-litigation survey and report to verify that barriers to access do in fact exist, and that the mitigation of the barriers is technically feasible. At this point, some lawsuits will not go forward and other methods of providing incentive for barrier removal can be explored. It is sometimes the case that a potential plaintiff who has indeed experienced a barrier to access may learn that barrier removal in this particular instance is not technically feasible, or that the facility is actually in compliance with some portion of an imperfect law. Access survey and report After a complaint is served, we perform a survey of the property. We then prepare a report that identifies each barrier to access, cites reference standards and relevant portions of the law, recommends alternate methods of barrier mitigation and offers a preliminary budget cost estimate. Copies are provided to the plaintiff's attorney who will keep a copy and forward the others to defense counsel. Settlement conference When the attorney deems it necessary, your consultant will participate in the settlement conference, to clarify technical issues, to offer alternate solutions to barrier removal and to work through possible defense arguments that barrier removal is not required, not possible or not readily achievable. Our Approach to Access (click) Contact