Stories, Ethics, and the Accessibility Cookie: 30 years of Digital Accessibility Advocacy without Lawsuits

Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer in the United States who was included in the inaugural Forbes Accessibility 100 List in 2025. Lainey developed and practices Structured Negotiation, a dispute resolution and collaboration strategy that avoids lawsuits, focuses on lasting change and relationship-building.

Join Lainey for an Accessibility Scotland gathering where she will share stories and strategies about her work advancing digital accessibility for the past thirty years. She'll even give us her thoughts about how current right-wing politics in the US is impacting disability rights and accessibility. Lots of time for questions and conversations.

About Lainey

Lainey is a disability rights lawyer, an author, and an international speaker. She has worked in the digital accessibility space since 1995. Lainey represents people with disabilities to improve access to websites, mobile applications, kiosks, and other technologies. She has worked with dozens of large organisations on accessibility initiatives. Lainey's the author of Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits (2d Edition 2021). More information on Lainey’s website at LFLegal.com