Someone is filing these lawsuits right now.
ADA website lawsuits and demand letters against small businesses are at record highs — driven by a handful of high-volume law firms. Here's who's filing, where, and against whom.
The firms filing the most (public court records)
These firms and attorneys appear repeatedly on public ADA website dockets. This is a factual record of filing activity — nothing more.
| Firm / attorney | Primary state(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Manning Law, APC | CA | 280+ filings in H1 2025 — among the most active nationally |
| Potter Handy / Center for Disability Access | CA | Long-running high-volume Unruh Act filer |
| Pacific Trial Attorneys | CA | High-volume California filer |
| Stein Saks, PLLC | NY | Prolific web-accessibility filer |
| Mizrahi Kroub LLP | NY | High-volume NY filer |
| Gottlieb & Associates | NY | Frequent NYSHRL/NYCHRL filer |
| Mars Khaimov Law, PLLC | NY | High-volume filer |
| Shaked Law Group, P.C. | NY | Frequent filer |
| Marcus & Zelman, LLC | NJ / NY | Active multi-state filer |
| Mendez Law Offices | FL | Active Florida filer |
Six of the ten most active plaintiff firms are New York-based, and the top 15 firms filed nearly 87% of all 2024 website-accessibility suits.
Where the lawsuits come from
Three states account for roughly three out of four federal ADA website filings. If you sell to customers there, a plaintiff there can reach you — no matter where your business is.
Industries getting hit
Plaintiffs' scanners don't care how small you are. These verticals show up repeatedly on ADA website dockets:
It's a copy-and-paste business model
- A bot trawls your site for the easy, documentable failures — missing alt text, unlabeled form fields, menus that break with a screen reader, low contrast.
- A template demand letter arrives alleging ADA (plus state-law) violations and asks for a settlement — typically $5,000–$15,000 — on a short deadline.
- You do the math. Settling is cheaper than defending, so most owners pay. Congress itself calls the practice "predatory."
- The site is still broken. Paying the letter didn't fix the code — which is why 1 in 4 targets get hit again. An overlay widget doesn't stop it either; ~25% of suits hit sites that had one.
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Fix the real barriers
We find and remediate the actual code the letters are built on — not hide it behind a widget the FTC just fined $1M.
Document good faith
A dated record of what you found and fixed, plus a VPAT/ACR — evidence of good-faith effort you can hand your attorney.
Recover the cost
Eligible small businesses may claim up to $5,000/yr via IRS Form 8826. We include the worksheet — ask your tax pro.
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