Judy Risch

About

Judy is one of the nation’s foremost experts on digital accessibility. She is a twenty-year veteran of the Office of Civil Rights, including five years as Project Director of the National Digital Accessibility Task Force, where she oversaw Section 504 and ADA Title II enforcement across educational institutions and contributed to the 2024 DOJ ADA Title II digital accessibility regulation. Judy’s practice covers encompasses both policy guidance and technical implementation. On the policy side she assists educational institutions with compliance guidance, civil rights investigations, institutional accessibility strategy and governance, and training for administrators, legal counsel, and IT staff. On the technical side she aids her clients with WCAG 2.0/2.1/2.2 conformance review and remediation planning, manual and automated accessibility audits (JAWS, NVDA), VPAT review, and accessible technology procurement.