Owner of a boutique family formation law firm based in New York.I am a New York attorney who founded my firm with the purpose of providing compassionate representation to clients who take an alternate path to parenthood. I focus on clients engaged in surrogacy agreements, parentage proceedings, donation agreements or embryo disposition agreements, and representation includes those who form families through assisted reproduction, reciprocal IVF, traditional IVF, second-parent adoption and step-parent adoption in NY, as well as surrogates and donors who are crucial participants in those processes. I proudly represent clients of all types and backgrounds. My experience of having been an intended parent in forming my own family instilled in me the desire to bring my legal skills to this field of law, to help others also reach their parentage goals.

• Trial attorney defending individuals and companies insured by Liberty Mutual against lawsuits brought in the area of personal bodily injury and property damage• Conduct jury trials, arbitrations and mediations of negligence cases• Conduct depositions• Argue a variety of dispositive and non-dispositive motions in New York and Kings counties

• Prosecutor in Child Abuse/Neglect, Guardianship and Termination of Parental Rights cases. • Obtain favorable outcomes for children involved in the DC foster care system through written motion practice, in-court litigation, and mediation of cases.

• Litigator successfully persuading judges on a daily basis at all stages of litigation on matters involving: Child Physical and Sexual Abuse, Child Neglect, Domestic Violence, Guardianship, Custody, Visitation, Paternity, Voluntary Placement and Termination of Parental Rights.• Effectively conducted direct and cross-examination of expert and non-expert witnesses, including several physicians and medical staff, law enforcement personnel, school personnel and social workers.• Developed proficiency with medical concepts, as well as medical records, client charts, x-rays and radiological films to enter as exhibits in medical-based litigation.• Argued successfully to achieve a winning record at trial, through oral argument and written motion practice.• Utilized the tools of the discovery process at all stages of litigation.• Negotiated settlements and counseled clients in an effort to always obtain the best possible outcome in a case.• Persuasively argued and won several emergency stays before Judges of the Appellate Division of the State of New York, 1st Dept. • Convincingly argued against a Writ of Habeas Corpus in Supreme Court—Criminal Term, 1st Dept.

• Drafted pleadings and motions for Matrimonial, Custody, Visitation, Paternity, and Adoption cases.• Drafted proposed orders and findings, and prepared clients and cases for trial.• Responded to demands for discovery, reviewed incoming discovery and conducted legal research.• Assisted in conducting depositions.

Reviewed documents and interviewed clients to assist attorney in representing juveniles in delinquency, child neglect and termination of parental rights cases

• Argued successfully for awards and findings as claimant’s counsel in Worker’s Compensation Board hearings. • Analyzed medical charts and other evidentiary materials in preparation for Worker’s Compensation and Social Security Disability hearings, performed legal research, drafted memoranda and contacted clients regarding proposed settlements.

• Assisted probation officers in the unit with interviewing probationers, making unannounced home visits, and monitoring that probationers were following court orders.• Investigated, drafted Pre-Sentencing Investigation Reports, and presented recommendations to persuade Criminal Court Judges in ruling on the sentencing of defendants convicted of sexually-based offenses.