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Matthew Dietz is a nationally recognized disability rights attorney with more than three decades of experience at the intersection of civil rights, complex litigation, and the practical application of disability law. Through his specialized practice, he provides high-level legal strategy, advisory services, and litigation support focused on ensuring that disability-related issues are fully understood and effectively addressed.

Disability law affects nearly every area of life, employment, housing, healthcare, education, and access to public services and businesses. Yet these rights are often misunderstood or overlooked, particularly in complex legal matters. Outcomes frequently depend on how disability-related issues are identified and integrated into the broader legal framework.

Matthew Dietz focuses on that work.

He provides tailored legal solutions which range from flat-fee expert consultations and limited-scope advisory services to targeted legal strategy and discrete litigation support. This model allows individuals and attorneys to access specialized expertise efficiently and at the points where it has the greatest impact.

For individuals, he provides flat-fee services to assist with accommodation issues in employment, housing, education, healthcare, courts, and public accommodations—often resolving matters early through properly structured requests and advocacy.

In litigation matters, Matthew Dietz works to ensure that clients are represented by highly qualified trial attorneys while also bringing specialized disability law expertise into the case. Whether a client already has counsel or needs to be connected with the right legal team, he helps identify experienced litigators with the resources to handle complex cases and collaborates with them to fully develop disability-related issues affecting liability and damages. This approach ensures that cases are both strongly litigated and strategically informed by disability law.

He also provides consulting, training, and expert services to organizations seeking to improve compliance and reduce risk.

Across all engagements, the focus is the same: to ensure that disability is treated as a central component of legal strategy, leading to stronger cases, better outcomes, and meaningful enforcement of rights.

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Matthew Dietz has been featured or quoted in more than 80 media interviews, articles, and broadcast segments on disability civil rights, accessible housing, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, and major statewide policy issues. His commentary has appeared in the Tampa Bay Times, Miami Herald, WLRN, Florida News Service, CBS12 Palm Beach, and multiple national legal outlets, reflecting longstanding recognition as a trusted source on disability rights law and systemic reform.

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Consulting and Training Services

Matthew Dietz provides disability consulting services to help organizations, professionals, and attorneys understand and comply with federal and state disability laws while improving how they serve individuals with disabilities. His work is focused on translating complex legal requirements in disability law into practical, real-world solutions that cut through electronic, physical and attitudinal barriers.

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With more than thirty years of experience in disability rights law, including litigation, teaching, and policy work, he brings a perspective that goes beyond compliance checklists. He helps clients understand not only what the law requires, but how those requirements apply in everyday operations, decision-making, and interactions with the public.

His consulting services include reviewing policies, practices, and procedures to identify potential barriers or legal risks, and providing clear recommendations for improvement. He works with healthcare providers, businesses, schools, housing providers, courts, and government entities to address issues such as effective communication, reasonable accommodations, service animal access, and accessibility in both physical and digital environments.

He also provides training and education tailored to the needs of each organization. These trainings are designed to help entities as a whole to understand their

responsibilities, recognize common compliance issues, and respond appropriately to real-world situations. The goal is to prevent problems before they arise and to ensure that organizations are prepared to handle disability-related issues confidently and lawfully.

His approach is practical and results-oriented. Rather than offering abstract legal opinions, he provides clear, actionable guidance that can be implemented immediately. Whether addressing a specific issue or conducting a broader review, his goal is to help clients operate in a way that is both legally compliant and respectful of the rights and needs of individuals with disabilities.

By combining deep legal knowledge with real-world experience, Matthew Dietz helps organizations and professionals reduce risk, improve access, and make better decisions when it comes to disability-related matters.

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Who Is Matthew Dietz

Matthew Dietz is a nationally recognized disability rights attorney with more than three decades of experience at the intersection of civil rights, complex litigation, and the practical application of disability law. Through his specialized practice, he provides high-level legal strategy, advisory services, and litigation support focused on ensuring that disability-related issues are fully understood and effectively addressed.

Disability law affects nearly every area of life, employment, housing, healthcare, education, and access to public services and businesses. Yet these rights are often misunderstood or overlooked, particularly in complex legal matters. Outcomes frequently depend on how disability-related issues are identified and integrated into the broader legal framework.

Matthew Dietz focuses on that work.

His services are structured around targeted legal strategy engagements, discrete litigation support, flat-fee expert consultations, and case-specific advisory services (also known as limited scope or unbundled legal services). This model allows individuals and attorneys to access specialized expertise efficiently and at the points where it has the greatest impact.

For individuals, he provides flat-fee services to assist with accommodation issues in employment, housing, education, healthcare, courts, and public accommodations—often resolving matters early through properly structured requests and advocacy.

In litigation matters, Matthew Dietz works to ensure that clients are represented by highly qualified trial attorneys while also bringing specialized disability law expertise into the case. Whether a client already has counsel or needs to be connected with the right legal team, he helps identify experienced litigators with the resources to handle complex cases and collaborates with them to fully develop disability-related issues affecting liability and damages. This approach ensures that cases are both strongly litigated and strategically informed by disability law.

He also provides consulting, training, and expert services to organizations seeking to improve compliance and reduce risk. Across all engagements, the focus is the same: to ensure that disability is treated as a central component of legal strategy, leading to stronger cases, better outcomes, and meaningful enforcement of rights.

Admissions: All Florida State Courts, 1996, All New York State Courts, 1999, All Georgia Courts, 2011, U.S. District Court, Florida Southern District, 1997, U.S. District Court, Florida Middle District, 2000, U.S. Circuit Court, Eleventh Circuit, 1999, U.S. District Court, Florida Northern District, 2009, U.S. Supreme Court, 2019

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Matthew Dietz is the President of the Disability Independence Group, Inc. (DIG). Founded in 2002, DIG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes recruitment, education and employment of persons with disabilities thereby improving their lives through competitive employment and financial stability; and through the changing of society’s perception of persons with disabilities.

From its inception, DIG has emphasized the importance of disability as a critical component of all diversity efforts. DIG is a resource center for persons with disabilities, their families, lawyers, and other professionals regarding an individual’s rights in the legal system, the education system, and employment.

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