ID
0611
Nationality
American
Occupation
Lawyer
Attorney
Law
Summary
Deafened by tumors while in law school; J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, 1971, and LL.M. from New York University Law School, 1978; was one of the attorneys for the Amy Rowley case. First deaf lawyer to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court (1982).
References
Great Deaf Americans, The Second Edition, p.364-369; Gallaudet Encyclopedia, vol.2 p.155-156.
Dates
18 August 1946-