Peter Sleasman is the Executive Director for Disability Rights Florida, a non-profit legal assistance protection and advocacy organization for individuals with disabilities. For nearly 40 years he has practiced civil rights litigation, class action litigation, and institutional reform litigation in state and federal courts for legal aid or public interest law firms including: Florida Legal Services; the Advocacy Director of the Legal Advocacy Center of Central Florida; Southern Legal Counsel; and Florida Institutional Legal Services, a legal aid office for incarcerated individuals in the state prison system. He received his J.D. from the University of Florida and his B.A. from Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky. He is a member of the Florida Bar, United States District Court for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is a member of the Public Interest Law Section of the Florida Bar and a past chair of the Disability Law Committee. He is also a recipient of the Section’s John J. Copelan, Jr. Award, for significant contributions in the field of public interest law. He has spoken in his areas of expertise - federal civil rights litigation and disability law - in numerous legal services trainings and seminars.