Brown, Goldstein & Levy partner Lindsey Weinstock joined the National Council on Disability (NCD) to present on a panel during its January 2026 Council Meeting. The January 22 panel covered the topic of youth in nursing homes, examining systemic factors that lead to institutionalization of youth with disabilities and exploring community-based alternatives to nursing facility placement. During the discussion, Lindsey shared insights from her work representing the United States in a landmark case vindicating the right of children with disabilities to community integration. She emphasized the importance of access to community-based services to enable youth with disabilities to live in their communities instead of in institutions.
The NCD is an independent United States federal agency that advises the President, Congress, other federal entities, as well as state and local governments, tribal communities, and other entities and organizations on policies, programs, and practices related to and affecting people with disabilities. The Council’s work aims to promote equality, full community participation and self-sufficiency of people with disabilities and to ensure the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are met.
Lindsey joined BGL from the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, where, over more than a decade of service, she became a trusted source of both litigation expertise and technical and policy knowledge in the area of health care. With deep experience in investigations, complex civil litigation, settlement negotiations, and monitoring compliance with injunctions and consent decrees, Lindsey brings vision and creativity, along with meticulousness and experience-based judgment, to advising clients and vindicating their rights.
An experienced and successful litigator, Lindsey led and participated in some of the Civil Rights Division’s largest and most complex cases in federal courts across the country. Most recently, Lindsey was lead trial counsel for the United States in United States v. Florida, in which the United States proved during a two-week bench trial that the State of Florida was unnecessarily institutionalizing hundreds of children with disabilities in nursing homes and placing hundreds of others at serious risk of such segregation. Her leadership and strategic acumen made her a sought-after asset in training and advising attorneys across the Department on litigation and trial skills and strategy.
Learn more about Lindsey’s practice here.
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