About me
Nate Crippes is the Public Affairs Supervising Attorney at the Disability Law Center (DLC). In his current role, he oversees the DLC’s outreach, intake, public policy, and communications teams. As the Public Affairs Supervising Attorney, he has greatly expanded the DLC's public policy advocacy, and he has built many relationships with members of the media to bring awareness to disability rights issues in Utah. He is currently developing a plan to better integrate the agency's outreach/intake efforts to better serve underrepresented communities and meet people where they are. In his previous role with the DLC, he was a staff attorney using both public policy advocacy and traditional legal methods to address Medicaid/healthcare issues, discrimination in the education and employment context, and ADA accessibility issues. He also worked on the DLC's legal team that filed and settled a systemic class action lawsuit under Title II of the ADA/Olmstead to ensure the full integration of individuals residing in institutional settings. Prior to joining the DLC in 2015, Nate worked on numerous state and local political campaigns in Utah. He has a B.A. in Film Studies from the University of Utah and a J.D. from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.
