Photo: Outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
4/6/2016
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association
[EDITOR’S NOTE: at least six lawyers are Jewish – Rachel Arfa, Laura Gold, Alexis Kashar, Anat Maytal, Debra Patkin and Howard Rosenblum.]
On Tuesday April 19, 2016, thirteen members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (DHHBA) were sworn in and admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. All members are deaf or hard of hearing attorneys.
This occasion marks the first time the DHHBA takes part in the group swearing-in ceremony that occurs most days the Supreme Court is in session. It will be the largest group of deaf and hard of hearing attorneys to be admitted to the Supreme Court Bar. The Supreme Court will provide sign language interpreters and real-time captioning services (also known as Communication Access Realtime Translation, or CART) to DHHBA participants.
Anat Maytal, President of DHHBA and a litigation associate at Baker Hostetler LLP said,
