50 Years Later: Revisiting Wyatt v. Stickney (Practitioner Panel)

Stanley Murphy Related Seminars and Products

Murphy & Murphy, LLC

Stan  Murphy is a partner at the law firm of Murphy & Murphy, LLC, and an  adjunct professor at the University of Alabama Law School.  Much of his  law practice is focused on securing the legal protections of persons  with disabilities.  Previously he served as Senior Counsel in the Office  of Counsel for the University of Alabama System.  Earlier he was  special assistant to the Secretary of the United States Department of  Health, Education, and Welfare (1975-1977) and assistant to the  Vice-President of Student Affairs at the University of Alabama  (1970-1975).
Stan is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit,  the U.S. district courts in Alabama and the Middle District of  Florida.  He earned a BA from Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania  where he was president of the Students’ Association. He received his JD  from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was among the  founders and served as the first editor-in-chief of the Law and  Psychology Review.

James Michael (MIKE) Comer Related Seminars and Products

Patterson Comer Law Firm

Mike Comer is from Walker County, Alabama and graduated from the Alabama School of Law. In 1998 Mike was licensed to practice law in Alabama as well as the northern, middle, and southern districts of the United States and the 11th Court of Appeals.

Mike Comer took the legal field by storm, by being one of the youngest attorneys in Alabama to procure a $20 million verdict. Preparedness, determination, and integrity are only a few of the traits that Mike possesses that have yielded excellent returns for clients over the past several years. Mike's courtroom skills are unmatched with his ability to connect with the jury. This expertise has manifested itself in the form of receiving a number of million dollar settlements and verdicts for Patterson Comer clients.

Jennifer Mathis Related Seminars and Products

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Jennifer Mathis is Deputy Legal Director and  Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy of the Judge David L. Bazelon  Center for Mental Health Law where she engages in litigation and policy  advocacy to promote community integration of individuals with mental  disabilities, other non-discrimination work under the ADA and Section  504, and the Medicaid rights of adults and children with disabilities.  Ms. Mathis helped coordinate the amicus briefs filed in the Supreme  Court in the case of Olmstead v. L.C.  She also served on the team of  disability community negotiators who worked with the business community  to craft what became the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.  Ms. Mathis left the Bazelon Center for one year to serve as special  assistant to EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum in 2010-2011; in that role,  she helped draft regulations implementing the ADAAA. Before joining the  Bazelon Center, Ms. Mathis conducted litigation involving ADA, Section  504, the Fair Housing Act, and Title XIX claims with the Disabilities  Law Project in Pittsburgh.  She also practiced with a private law firm  where she pursued litigation on a broad range of civil rights issues.  Ms. Mathis holds an A.B. from Harvard University, an M.A. from New  York University, and a J. D. from Georgetown University Law Center.