The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association was incorporated in Colorado on September 4, 2013
After years of sporadically connecting at various deaf and hard of hearing conferences, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association was formally incorporated.
On Tuesday, April 19, 2016, twelve deaf and hard of hearing attorneys were sworn into the United States Supreme Court bar. This event marked the first-ever group ceremony for deaf and hard of hearing attorneys at the U.S. Supreme Court.
From top left to right: Leonard Hall, Debra Patkin, Reema Radwan, Anat Maytal, Julie Coleman Kegley, Teresa Curtin, and Rachel Arfa. From bottom left to right: Zainab Alkebsi, Charla Beall, Howard Rosenblum, Laura Gold, and Faye Kuo. Not pictured: John Stanton (Movant)
On Wednesday, January 17, 2018, eleven 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.
From left to right: Barry Solomon, Ralph Reiser, Mark Sorokes, David Berke, Amanda Upson, Lisa Bothwell, Anat Maytal (Movant), Jonathan Berger, Anna Bitencourt, Melissa Angelides, Malicia Hitch, and Sarah Weimer
On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, ten 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.
From left to right: Jana Miller, Peter Pentony, Michael Sabella, Robert Reilman, Kristy Avino, Caitlin Parton, Azeema Akram, Jeremy Bolton, Anna Maria Wilson, Jessica Kennedy, and Rachel Arfa (Movant)
DHHBA hosted our first ever conference on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.
DHHBA hosted our first in-person conference in Chicago, Illinois on July 1-2, 2024.
