Jeanine Worden

Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division

Department of Justice

Jeanine Worden is Deputy Chief of the Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice. She directs the Section's work on emergency management issues under Project Civic Access, the Department's wide-ranging initiative to bring state and local governments into compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

She also directs the investigation and resolution of administrative complaints alleging violation of the ADA by state and local governments and private entities known as public accommodations and oversees the Section's compliance assistance and training initiative known as the ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments.