A Deaf-owned and operated company offering sign language interpreting services for government, healthcare, legal, religious, business and entertainment environments. Birnbaum Interpreting Services (BIS) was formed in 1995 and has quickly become one of the nation's largest and most respected interpreting services. A large part of our staff is nationally certified and several of our employees are deaf. BIS has been recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the top 500 small business successes in the country and has repeatedly been recognized by Deloitte and Touche with its Technology Fast 500 award. BIS is dedicated to equal communication access by providing the highest quality interpreting and related services, including Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), while maintaining a strong rapport with organizations serving the Deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing communities.