Jessie Weber

Robles v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC – Successfully argued on behalf of amici the National Federation of the Blind and other disability rights groups in the Ninth Circuit resulting in a published decision clarifying that public accommodations must make their web and mobile services accessible now and cannot wait until the DOJ issues website-specific regulations (2019); later joined Plaintiff’s legal team in the trial court, obtaining court order holding that Domino’s violated the ADA by maintaining an inaccessible website and requiring Domino’s to make its website accessible. (2021)

Irving v. Berryhill – Obtained court-ordered settlement agreement with the Social Security Administration requiring SSA to make its visitor intake processing kiosks at its field offices nationwide fully accessible and usable to blind visitors. (2020)

Eason v. New York State Board of Elections – Obtained court-ordered settlement agreement requiring the NY Board of Elections and Department of Motor Vehicles make their websites fully accessible, granting blind voters equal access to voter registration, and requiring the Board adopt robust policies and procedures, including third-party oversight, to ensure maintenance of accessible websites. (2019)

National Federation of the Blind v. County of Alameda – Negotiated a settlement agreement requiring Alameda County purchase new, accessible voting machines by the March 2020 primary, revamp its training and troubleshooting procedures for election day, implement accessible absentee voting in time for the November 2018 election, and make its voter information website accessible. (2018)

Rivera v. Mo’s Fisherman Exchange, Inc. – Successfully negotiated a $1 million settlement on behalf of restaurant workers against the Mo’s Seafood chain for wage and hour violations. (2018)

Stephon Brown v. District of Columbia, et al. – Obtained a court order holding the District of Columbia responsible for providing services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to eligible DC residents who are incarcerated in federal facilities. (2018)

Figueroa v. Azar – Successfully negotiated a settlement agreement requiring the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provide all Medicare-related communications to blind individuals in accessible formats and ensure that the Medicare website, including all beneficiary forms, is accessible. (2018)

Hindel v. Husted – Secured injunction on behalf of the National Federation of the Blind and three blind Ohio voters requiring the Ohio Secretary of State make his website accessible; successfully appealed trial court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ claim for an accessible method of absentee voting to the Sixth Circuit leading to Ohio adopting accessible absentee voting in time for November 2018 election. (2017-2018)

Successfully negotiated a settlement agreement requiring the manufacturer of tablets used in Applebees’ restaurants to make their tablets accessible to blind customers and for the Applebees’ franchisor to license only accessible tablets. (2017)

Asylum victory – Obtained asylum for two gay men from Central America who fled persecution in their native countries. (2017)

Johnson v. Hooters of America, LLC – Won an arbitration award of more than $250,000 on behalf of an African-American former Hooters server who was fired from her job because of Hooters’ racially discriminatory image policy. (2015)

Successfully represented lesbian state employees who had been denied equal fertility coverage on the basis of their sexual orientation. (2015)

National Federation of the Blind v. Lamone – Secured an injunction requiring the Maryland Board of Elections make its online ballot-marking tool available to voters with disabilities in the November 2014 election and offer voters with disabilities the opportunity to vote privately and independently by absentee ballot in all future elections (2014) and defended injunction on appeal to Fourth Circuit. (2016)

National Federation of the Blind v. U.S. Department of Education – Helped negotiate an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that will make student loan information – websites, forms, and documents related to the Department’s Direct Loan program – accessible to blind applicants and borrowers. (2014)

Anthony v. Durham School Services, L.P. – Helped secure a $1.25 million settlement for a class of school bus drivers and attendants who were wrongly denied overtime and regular pay for all hours worked. (2014)

Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust – Served on team representing the National Federation of the Blind in a copyright infringement case and helped win groundbreaking U.S. Court of Appeals victory that will make more than 10 million published works from universities’ library collections available to blind individuals in digital format. (2014)

Successfully represented transgender individuals seeking insurance coverage for gender-confirming health care. (2013 & 2014)

Successfully resolved a case involving a juvenile counselor who was fired for being openly gay and for referring to her wife at work. (2013)

Successfully argued to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that plaintiff with mobility impairment had standing to enforce his federal civil right to accessible public accommodations. (2012)

J.M. & H.M. v. Oceanport Board of Education – Helped secure a ruling requiring a public school district provide Braille instruction to a blind student. (2012)

Blake v. Crain – Served on trial team that won $7 million verdict (reduced to $2.7 million by Maryland’s cap on non-economic damages) for roofer who suffered debilitating back pain as a result of a car accident. (2012)

Helped defend a verdict on appeal in favor of a medical malpractice victim in the first Maryland appellate case to interpret the Maryland Health Care Malpractice Act’s provision regarding the qualifications of expert witnesses testifying on the standard of care. (2012)

Convinced Harford County (Maryland) school officials to abandon their attempt to censor lines from a high school play in which two boys announced that they had “fallen in love” with each other. (2011)