Atos Expert

Ken Nakata is a former Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Justice Department’s Disability Rights Section. He developed nationwide ADA policies for the internet, was awarded the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Information Technology by Attorney General Janet Reno. He has served as lead counsel for the interagency working group making the Federal government’s information technology accessible to people with disabilities (pursuant to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act), and represented the United States many times in litigation in Federal courts.

Ken is a frequent lecturer and he is sought after by major international accessibility conferences separately for his knowledge of law and technology. He has trained teams on the proper coding in HTML for accessibility, as well as led continuing legal education (CLE) courses for attorneys on legal defenses in web accessibility cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s Unruh Act.

Ken is a Founding and former Board Member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) and currently serves on the IAAP’s Certification Committee. He is admitted to the bars of New York, Washington, and the District of Columbia and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He also received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from the Johns Hopkins University. A certified  privacy professional with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), he is also a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) with the IAAP, and a Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform.