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Practice areas

Adoption Types of Adoption Birth Parent Representation Assisted Reproductive Technology Adoption Subsidy Negotiation Adoption Agency Representation Foreign Re-Adoption and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

why hire an adoption lawyer

Working with an expert in adoption law will help ensure that your adoption proceeds smoothly.

Services to Birthparents

I have worked with many birth parents like you who are trying to make the best plan.

Services to prospective adoptive parents

When considering adoption, it is important to understand the numerous types available.

Take the first step today

When you’re ready to talk, I’m here to listen. Reach out to me today.

Speaking Engagements

Fall, 2025 (upcoming, Date TBD) - NJICLE - NJ State Bar Association: Adoption Update: 2025
4/10/2025 - NBI: “Pennsylvania Adoption Law: Start to Finish.” Presented on “Procedures for Terminating Parental Rights,” “Offering the Different Adoption Options” and “Legal Ethics.” Pennsylvania Adoption Law: Start to Finish
12/9/2024 – NBI: “Adoption Law Perspectives: Expert Solutions for Complex Issues” (national). Presented on “Terminating Parental Rights – Overcoming Common Challenges,” “Challenges in Handling Interstate and international Adoptions,” and “Adoption of Foreign Children Present in the U.S.” Please click here to view
11/6/2024 – NJICLE - NJ State Bar Association: Adoption Update: 2024 – “Unique Issues in Adoption.” Presented on “Interstate Adoption.”
3/2/2021 – Presenting on faculty to attorney at Pennsylvania Bar Institute on “Adoption & Family Building 2021” (Joint Program sponsored by Philadelphia Bar Association Family Law Adoption)
10/29/2020 - Presented on faculty to attorneys at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on“Adoption Update and Assisted Reproductive Technologies Law”
10/12/2019 – Presented on faculty to attorneys at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on“Special Situations in Adoption"
11/17/2017 – NBI: “Adoption Law Made Simple”. Presented on “Dangers and Difficulties of the Adoption Process,” and “Stepparent, Relative and Other Adoptions: Procedural Nuances”
10/6/2017 NJICLE - NJ State Bar Association/New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Program entitled Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Law in New Jersey
5/7-10/2017 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Presenter to attorney colleagues at the annual conference of the American Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys on Advanced Issues in Adoption Subsidy
5/4-7/2016 - 2016 Denver, CO- Presenter to attorney colleagues at the annual conference of the American Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys on the interrelationship between Adoption Subsidy and Supplemental Security Income
11/17/2015 – NBI: “U.S. Parents Seeking Permanency for Foreign Children”
9/20/2014 in Philadelphia, PA - American Academy of Adoption Attorneys – Mid-Year Conference
5/12/2013 - NBI – Adoption Law: Start to Finish- Delaware: Presented on Offering the Different Adoption Options, Overcoming Obstacles to International Adoption
5/12/2011 NJICLE- New Jersey Institute on Continuing Legal Education