The Havana Bar Association was founded in Havana, Cuba in the 19th century.
The governing body of the Havana Bar Association comprised a dean, six deputies, a treasurer, and a secretary. Vidal Morales y Morales was the founding secretary.[1] The association held an annual meeting to discuss the administration's report.[2]
Following the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the bar association was disbanded, and a usurping group of Communist dissident lawyers forcibly took over its offices on July 5, 1960.[3][4][5] These pro-Castro lawyers also took over the Board of the Bar Association.[6] With its headquarters occupied by the militia, the original Governing Board of the Bar Association of Havana continued to meet secretly until forced to continue from exile.[7] By 1962, several hundred members of the association sought refuge in the United States.[8]