John L. Wodatch is a civil rights attorney with over 30 years experience with the Federal Government, specializing in the rights of persons with disabilities. He is Chief of the Disability Rights Section in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, responsible for enforcement of titles I, II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He plays a key role in developing Administration policy on the Americans with Disabilities Act and is the chief author of the Department of Justice's ADA regulations and of the Federal regulations implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. He received a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, an M.P.A. from Harvard University, and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.