BGL proudly supports National Disability Employment Awareness Month this October, in line with our mission of ensuring individuals with disabilities have access to equitable opportunities in employment. – Technologist

Brown, Goldstein & Levy is proud to support the 2024 National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) this October. The theme for NDEAM 2024, “Access to Good Jobs for All,” celebrates the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy. NDEAM’s purpose is to confirm our commitment to ensuring disabled workers have access to good jobs, every month of every year. As one of the nation’s leading disability rights firms, we advocate fiercely to ensure that protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities remains at the forefront of the equity equation.

BGL works tirelessly to break down barriers people with disabilities face in their access to information, technology, housing, education, employment and transportation. For decades, we have worked hard to ensure that programs and services offered by private companies and government organizations alike are fully accessible to individuals with disabilities, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and other federal and state laws. Our experienced attorneys often litigate high-profile, high-impact disability rights cases in trial and appellate courts across the country.

For over a decade, our attorneys have tirelessly advocated for the end of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which allows employers to pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage. BGL has represented workers employed under Section 14(c) in their fight for fair and non-discriminatory wages, including three individuals who successfully challenged their receipt of subminimum wages in an administrative proceeding before the United States Department of Labor. Read more about that victory here. The Washington Post spoke to partner Kevin Docherty about the law as part of its three-part investigation into the implementation and history of 14(c) in September 2024.

We provide several unique resources that demonstrate our commitment to disability rights justice within and beyond our communities. We offer Inclusivity, a strategic consulting firm to support businesses, organizations, and government agencies that want to achieve real inclusion of people with disabilities in their workforces and communities. We also offer a disability rights fellowship, a highly competitive, one-to-two-year fellowship available to law school graduates with a disability and zero to three years of legal experience.

We are proud to hold ourselves to the highest standards of inclusion in all of our work – both inside and outside of the office. We celebrate diversity, inclusion, and accessibility and believe that the provision of reasonable accommodations fosters a collaborative, creative environment in which every person can use their strengths to their fullest and achieve the best results for our clients.

Founded in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, with an office in Washington, DC. The firm is nationally recognized in a wide variety of practice areas, including complex civil and commercial litigation, civil rights, health care, family law, and criminal defense. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered law firm that brings decades of experience and passionate, effective advocacy to your fight for justice. Learn more about Brown, Goldstein & Levy.