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Disability Rights Advocates recently named Mary-Lee Smith ’05 co-director of litigation. A two-time California Lawyer Magazine “Attorney of the Year,” Smith has worked at the national nonprofit for 10 years. In 2011, she achieved a landmark $1.1 billion settlement requiring Caltrans to provide access to its sidewalks throughout California. In 2013, she helped establish legal precedent in a case against Los Angeles County requiring emergency and disaster planning efforts to account for disabled people.