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1 Erin Geiger Smith, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein Discusses Disability Rights 1 (2025)

handle is hein.brennan/mgnsmecout0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein Discusses Disability Rights I State Court Report rSTATECOURTREPORTU Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein Discusses Disability Rights Bernstein, the court's first blind justice, travels the world promoting access and equality for disabled people. By Erin Geiger Smith Published: July 21, 2025 Michigan Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein, first elected to the high court in 2014, is the state's first blind justice. In addition to his work on the bench, Bernstein is a prominent advocate for improving laws overseas to better protect those with disabilities. Before he was a justice, his practice focused on representing disabled clients. Among his many landmark achievements as an attorney was representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging Detroit was failing to maintain busses' wheelchair lifts and denying disabled riders access to the fixed-route bus system. A 2005 settlement https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/michigan-supreme-court-justice-richard-bernstein-discusses-disability 7/25/25, 2:28 PM 1/8