Thanks to the generous support of our donors, Disability Rights Advocates is pleased to make available on our website and in our offices the work of artists from the National Institute of Art & Disabilities (NIAD). NIAD provides an art program that promotes creativity, independence, dignity, and community integration for people with developmental and other disabilities.
Julia Pinover joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2007 as the David Boies/ LD Access Fellow, and as of 2010, she is the staff attorney in charge of starting Disability Rights Advocates' New York office. Julia's practice focuses on class action and impact litigation concerning all types of access barriers faced by New Yorkers with disabilities. She also litigates access barrier cases on behalf of individual New Yorkers with disabilities.
Ms. Pinover received her B.A. from Dartmouth College in 2002. During and after college, Ms. Pinover worked as a legal intern for the honorable Ruth Levine Sussman in the Bronx County Court and worked for several non-profits that provide direct legal services to victims of domestic violence. Ms. Pinover spent the summer of 2005 as a summer associate with Disability Rights Advocates and the summer of 2006 as a Helena Rubenstein fellow with Legal Momentum (formerly NOW’s Legal Defense Fund).
In 2007, Ms. Pinover graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with a J.D., Deans List Honors, a Deans Certificate Honor, and a CALI Excellence for the Future in Legal Scholarship award. During law school, Ms. Pinover served as the Director of Development for the Equal Justice Foundation, which enjoyed a record setting increase in donations during the two years that she held a leadership position. In 2010 she earned a Masters in Law from NYU Law.
Ms. Pinover is admitted to the State Bar of California, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Ms. Pinover is also admitted to the State Bar of New York, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
