ADA & Accessibility
ADA-compliant law firm websites that reduce demand-letter risk.
Websites built to WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards so your firm works for every visitor and lowers exposure to ADA website demand letters. Accessibility engineered in from the start — not patched on with an overlay widget.
By William Vasquez, Esq., attorney (NC State Bar, 2011) and founder of Hodos360 · Updated
Quick answer
Does my law firm website legally need to be ADA compliant?
Courts have increasingly treated business websites as places of public accommodation under the ADA, and demand letters over inaccessible sites are common. Building to WCAG 2.1 AA is the recognized standard for reducing that risk. We build to it, though we can’t give you legal advice on your specific exposure.
Who builds and runs Hodos360?
Hodos360 is built by William Vasquez, a North Carolina attorney since 2011 and U.S. Air Force veteran who founded Vasquez Law Firm. The voice AI and intake automation on this site run in production at his firm, which has four offices in North Carolina and Florida and has handled more than 30,000 cases, in English and Spanish.
Built by a practicing attorney
Designed and run by William Vasquez, NC Bar 2011 and founder of Vasquez Law Firm. Not sold by an attorney. Built by one.
Production-tested in a real firm
The same stack runs at Vasquez Law Firm: 4 offices, 30,000+ cases, 98% client satisfaction. Read the case study.
Bilingual by default
English and Spanish out of the box — voice agents, intake, and support. Designed by a former U.S. Air Force Spanish Linguist.
Military-grade reliability
U.S. Air Force veteran founder. Joint Service Achievement Medal recipient. The discipline that implies.
Who this is for
- Firms that received (or fear) an ADA website accessibility demand letter
- Attorneys who know their current site fails a basic accessibility audit
- Practices that want to serve visitors with disabilities properly, not just legally
- Firms whose brand depends on doing compliance right — because they sell it
The problems we solve
- ADA website demand letters target inaccessible small-business sites — including law firms
- Overlay accessibility widgets don’t make a site compliant and are themselves getting sued
- Most legal websites fail basic WCAG checks: contrast, keyboard nav, alt text, labels
- Retrofitting accessibility onto a finished template site is expensive and half-working
- A firm that markets itself as client-focused can’t have a site that excludes disabled users
What you get
WCAG 2.1 AA engineered in
Accessibility is part of the build — semantic structure, keyboard navigation, focus states, contrast, and labels — not a widget added at the end.
No overlay shortcuts
We don’t rely on accessibility-overlay scripts, which courts and advocates increasingly reject. Real accessible markup instead.
Screen-reader and keyboard tested
Pages are verified with screen readers and keyboard-only navigation so assistive-technology users get a working experience.
Accessible and bilingual
WCAG-conformant in both English and Spanish, so accessibility extends to your Spanish-speaking visitors too.
Fast and accessible together
Accessible markup also loads fast and helps SEO — the same clean structure serves screen readers and Google alike.
Built by a firm that lives the risk
We build and run the site for Vasquez Law Firm (founder William Vasquez), so we treat compliance the way a firm carrying the liability would.
Frequently asked
Does my law firm website legally need to be ADA compliant?
Courts have increasingly treated business websites as places of public accommodation under the ADA, and demand letters over inaccessible sites are common. Building to WCAG 2.1 AA is the recognized standard for reducing that risk. We build to it, though we can’t give you legal advice on your specific exposure.
Do accessibility overlay widgets make my site compliant?
No. Overlay widgets have themselves become the subject of lawsuits and don’t fix the underlying markup. Real compliance comes from accessible code — semantic structure, keyboard access, contrast, and labels — which is how we build.
Can you make my existing website ADA compliant?
Sometimes. We audit your current site against WCAG 2.1 AA and tell you honestly whether remediation is cost-effective or whether a rebuild will get you a compliant, fast, rankable site for less.
What accessibility standard do you build to?
WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which is the standard courts and the Department of Justice generally point to. We handle contrast, keyboard navigation, focus management, alt text, form labels, and semantic structure.
Does accessibility hurt my design or SEO?
No — it helps both. Clean, semantic, accessible markup loads faster and is easier for Google to crawl, so accessibility and SEO reinforce each other. Good accessible design still looks polished.
How do I know if my current site is at risk?
We can run an accessibility audit against WCAG 2.1 AA and show you exactly which issues an automated scanner and a manual review flag. That report tells you where your exposure is before you decide what to do.
Does my law firm website need to be ADA compliant?
Courts have repeatedly treated public-facing websites as places of public accommodation, and law firms receive accessibility demand letters like any other business. There's no certification that makes you immune, but building to WCAG 2.1 AA — keyboard navigation, contrast, labels, alt text — is the recognised standard and substantially reduces exposure.
How do you make a law firm website ADA compliant?
Accessibility has to be built in, not bolted on with an overlay widget. That means semantic headings, keyboard-operable navigation, sufficient colour contrast, labelled form fields, captions on video, and descriptive alt text — then testing with an actual screen reader. HODOS360 builds law firm sites to a WCAG 2.1 AA target by default.
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Want this running in your firm?
Book a 30-minute demo. We’ll review your intake workflow and stand up a pilot — typically live within 2 weeks.