[blindlaw] blind attorneys

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

Over the years I have known several blind attorneys that were gainfully 
employed. I met one in Michigan who at the time that I was in college in the 
early 70's was a prosecuting attorney in Detroit and he subsequently was 
elected as a judge. I was quite impressed that he had the Michigan Criminal 
code statutes in Braille at the time. I also knew another attorney their 
that had worked for a legal aid program and subsequently went in to private 
practice specializing in landlord tenant law and was quite successful. As a 
blind paralegal I freelance and am underemployed partly by choice so as not 
to give up Social Security disability and Medicare benefits as this takes 
the pressure off and allows me to pick and choose what I work on. 
Realistically, there are many things that paralegals do that don't always 
lend themselves to people with visual difficulties.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] blind attorneys


> I've often wondered about this myself, as I didn't hit the statutorily
> blind level until a couple of years ago.  However, there is a prosecutor
> in the County Attorney's Office here who has been blind since birth.
> Also, one of my classmates was already statutorily blind (RP)by the time
> we were in school, and a lady in the class ahead of us was totally blind
> due to rheumatoid arthritis.  As far as I know, both of these
> individuals are also employed in the legal profession.  Granted, that's
> not many, but there is at least a glimmer of hope...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of James Weisberg
> Sent: Thursday, 18 November, 2010 1:16 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] blind attorneys
>
> Curious:
>
> 1. Are there any blind, statutorily or otherwise, and EMPLOYED at
> all????
> I'm referring here to those with vision issue prior to employment.  I
> would
> suggest the numbers of such individuals should lead all those with
> vision
> issues to forgo law school entirely.  FACT!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of dlmlaw at sbcglobal.net
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 7:10 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] blind attorneys
>
> Are there any attorneys out there who are:
> 1  blind or statutorily blind;
> 2  unemployed or underemployed as defined by substantial gainful
> activity;
> and
> 3  receiving disability as a result.
>
> If so, I would appreciate hearing from you.  Thanks.
>
> Dan
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