Julia N.Sarnoff

Counsel

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Julia offers clients practical, business-friendly, and efficient representation in disability access litigation, government compliance investigations, and structured negotiations with advocacy groups. 


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Julia is a member of the firm’s ADA Title III specialty team. Her practice focuses exclusively on disability law and its impact on public accommodations under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and corollary state nondiscrimination statutes. Julia represents clients in single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits in federal and state courts, as well as in government compliance investigations and structured negotiations with disability rights organizations. 

Julia’s areas of experience include architectural barriers, effective communication, service animals, and digital accessibility issues such as the accessibility of websites, mobile applications, and self-service kiosks to individuals with visual and hearing disabilities. Julia has successfully represented a broad range of Fortune 500 companies, including hotels, retailers, restaurants, automobile manufacturers, schools, technology companies, and health care providers in ADA Title III matters in various jurisdictions across the United States. Julia also advises clients throughout the country regarding ADA requirements and creating compliance policies and training programs to enable clients to avoid or respond to litigation.

Julia has extensive experience with the key players in the Title III ADA plaintiffs’ bar and closely tracks developments in the disability access legal space. With her unique experience and insights, Julia is able to devise practical and efficient strategies for achieving business-friendly and advantageous results for clients in litigation, government compliance investigations, and structured negotiations with advocacy groups.

Prior to joining Seyfarth, Julia worked as an associate in the labor and employment department of an international law firm, where she represented clients in the full range of employment law matters, from traditional labor to single-plaintiff and class-based wage/hour, discrimination, harassment, and noncompetes/restrictive covenants.

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center
  • BA, University of California, Berkeley

    With honors

  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • US District Court, Central District of California
  • US District Court, Northern District of California
  • US District Court, Southern District of California

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