Courses Offered:

Law & Disability

Professional Biographical Information:

Manuel "Mike" Galifianakis III currently serves as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator for the Georgia State Financing & Investment Commission, where he develops and implements programs and activities to advance and monitor agency compliance with the ADA statewide. A frequent lecturer on disability law, Galifianakis has operated his own law firm specializing in this area. He also has served as an attorney for the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, has been an agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and has worked at the Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center and the Persons with Disabilities Law Center. He graduated from Florida State University in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in criminology and earned his law degree from Georgia State University in 1992.