Determining whether the ADA applies to a particular client's situation requires a number of complicated factual and legal analyses. Jonathan Mook, author of two legal treatises on the Americans with Disabilities Act: ADA: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations and ADA: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities, provides a systematic approach to evaluating potential claims with his ADA Checklist. The Checklist helps practitioners identify critical issues to ADA cases, including:

• whether the client is disabled;
• whether the client is a qualified individual with a disability;
• whether the client was discriminated against; and
• the procedure for filing suit in court.

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