The ABA Lawyer Spotlight and Activist Spotlight are interview series that feature attorneys with disabilities and non-attorney disability rights activists. Participants come from all practice areas and work environments. They also have various types of disabilities. Many of our Spotlight profiles include advice, insight, and strategies for navigating the legal profession as well as for disability rights activism.
Lawyer and Activist Spotlights
2025
- Neal Carter
- Rebecca Williford
- Ella Callow
- Keith Jones (activist)
- Sam Crane
2024
- Ariana Aboulafia
- Jen Deerinwater (Activist)
- James Fetter
- Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán
- Britney Wilson
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2014
- October: Robert Dittman
- August: Haben Girma
- June: Michael Gilberg
- May: Kathy Flaherty
- February: Richard Nenno
- January: Andrew Straw
2013
- December: Jehmal Hudson
- November: Michael A. Schwartz
- October: James T.R. Jones
- September: Trevor Finneman
- July: Charlotte Lanvers
- June: Michael Steven Stein
- May: Brian McLaughlin
- April: Sara Gibson
- March: Timothy Elder
- February: Michelle Duprey
- January: Janice Lerner-Stein
2012
- December: Stephen Rosenbaum
- October: Edward Marquette
- September: Michael J. Wasser
- February: Claudie Grant, Jr., J.D.
2011
- December: Professor Hope Lewis
- November: Malissa Hathaway McKeith, Esq.
- October: Jim Comstock-Galagan, Esq.
- September: Rachael Langston, Esq.
- August: Professor Sue Titus Reid, J.D., Ph.D.
- July: Denise Joan Pipersburgh, Esq.
- June: Stuart Pixley, Esq.
- May: Angela C. Winfield, Esq.
- April: Saul J. Morse, Esq.
- March: Beth Sufian, Esq.
- February: Beverly Poole Baker, Esq.
- January: Darryl A. Weiss, Esq.
2010
- December: Alexander P. Ryan, Esq.
- November: Howard A. Rosenblum, Esq.
- October: J. Patrick Glynn, Esq.
- September: Mildred A. Rivera-Rau, Esq.
- August: Joseph J. McMahon, Jr., Esq.
- July: James A. Merklinger, Esq.
- June: David S. Caplan, Esq.
- May: Lou Ann Blake, J.D.
- April: Aaron C. Bates, Esq.
- March: Rodney R. Cate, Esq.
- February: Faye Kuo, Esq.
- January: Claudia L. Gordon, Esq.
2009
- December: Scott P. Moore, Esq.
- November: Doug Heir, Esq.
- October: Michael J. Sharley, Esq.
- September: Isaac J. Lidsky, Esq.
- August: Michael Baillif, Esq.
- July: Leonard D. DuBoff, Esq.
- June: Josh Mendelsohn, Esq.
- May: Charles S. Brown, Esq.
- April: Andrew J. Imparato, Esq.
- March: Olegario “Ollie” D. Cantos, VII, Esq.
- February: Professor Michael A. Schwartz
- January: Gary C. Norman, Esq.
- December: The Honorable Richard B. Teitelman
- November: Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.
- October: The Honorable Michael J. Kurz
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