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Attorneys
Baby Steps has been blessed to work with some of the best attorneys in the field of third party reproduction. Please take a moment to consider the professionals listed below for your legal needs. While Baby Steps highly recommends these professionals, you are free to use any attorney of your choosing.
* For additional information on attorneys listed below, please click on the attorney name*
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Email: info@stlawgroup.com
Located in Durham, North Carolina, Sharon founded the practice that became the Sharon Thompson Law Group in 1976. She is a seasoned family lawyer and accomplished practitioner in all aspects of estate planning and probate administration, including elder law. She has also taught at both the UNC-CH and North Carolina Central Schools of Law.
A respected problem-solver and negotiator, Sharon was voted 16th most effective during her two terms as a legislator in the North Carolina House of Representatives (1987-1990).
She was the recipient of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys Annual Award in 1987, the Planned Parenthood of Raleigh Margaret Sanger Award in 1990, North Carolina AFL-CIO Legislative Award in 1992 and the ACLU-North Carolina Frank Porter Graham Award in 2007. Sharon was a co-founder of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys and has served as counsel for various non-profit organizations.
Her practice includes estate planning and probate administration and many areas of family law including surrogacy.
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910 North Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone: 336-790-0165
Toll Free: 877-509-6616
Rebecca Perry is thoroughly experienced in the often complex legal issues that may arise in a donor insemination or surrogacy arrangement. From disputes regarding financial compensation to the legal rights of sperm or egg donors and birth mothers, we can provide you with sound legal advice and knowledgeable representation. |
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Allison Amadia
Located in California, Allison Amadia has first hand experience with infertility. Here she is pictured with her daughter, one of boy/girl twins she conceived on her third IVF cycle.
We have had the great pleasure of working with Mrs. Amadia on several of our clients surrogacy contracts. She is incredibly experienced, thorough, proficient and always a warm, joyful person to work with.
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Location: Charlotte, NC
Email: jswt@harkeylambeth.com
Jeff engages in a broad range of business and contract law with emphasis on civil litigation, personal injury, social security disability, and probate and estate administration. Within the area of assisted reproduction, Jeff is a leader in the area of surrogacy contracts.
As a trial lawyer, Jeff represents parties in trials, hearings, arbitrations and mediations before administrative agencies, federal, state and local courts. He has extensive knowledge of substantive and procedural laws as well as strong advocacy skills. He is able to quickly synthesize complex legal and factual materials and negotiate on behalf of his clients.
Over more than 16 years of legal practice, Jeff has developed an in-depth knowledge of the needs of intended parents seeking build their families by working with gestational carriers. Jeff represents intended parents, gestational carriers, egg donors and fertility clinics. Jeff provides legal assistance for the preparation of surrogacy agreements. He comprehensively reviews and drafts surrogacy and gestational carrier contracts that clearly detail each parties' intentions and legal rights. His representation brings order and assurance to the process by which surrogates and intended parents come together to gestate a child and then allow the intended parents to take legal custody of the child while the surrogate releases all parental rights to the child.
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Attorney Connie J. Vetter is proud to offer legal services to North Carolina's diverse community, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals and couples. Her law practice is dedicated to personalized legal representation and exceptional client service. Attorney Vetter operates a client-focused practice where the law is explained in understandable language - no legalese here - and clients' questions are answered so each client can be fully involved in his/her important legal matter and make informed decisions. |
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Additional attorneys we have worked with:
Tom Pinkerton ~ Theresa Erickson ~ Jeff Williams-Tracy ~ Melissa Brisman ~ Ellen Essig ~ Hilary Nieman ~ Charlotte Danciu~ Shelly Tarnoff ~ and many more...
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Clinics
Baby Steps has had the great fortune of working with the best medical professionals in the field of third party reproduction. Please consider the services of these phenomenal clinics for your own family building needs. While Baby Steps highly recommends the services of the professionals listed below, please know we are willing/able to coordinate all aspects of this process with any clinic of your choosing.
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Carolina Conceptions
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Carolina Conceptions is the only private practice infertility clinic throughout the entire Triangle region where every physician is not only board certified in OBGYN but in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility as well. To earn this distinction, Drs. Couchman, Meyer and Park have completed fellowship training at Duke, Yale and Emory respectively and have passed written and oral examinations. The physicians consistently ranked on the Best Doctors in America list and share more than 45 years of combined experience in the field of infertility. Together they have helped thousands of patients realize their dream of parenthood.
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Additional clinics we have worked with:
North Carolina - NCCRM, REACH, Duke Fertility
California - NCFMC, La Jolla IVF, Zouves, Dr. Samuel Woods
Nevada - Sher
Colorado - CCRM
Texas - Houston IVF
Alabama - Alabama Fertility Specialists
Florida - IVF Florida
Tennessee - Dr. Jamie Vasquez
Georgia - RBA, ARC
Virginia - Richmond Center for Fertility
New Jersey - IVFNJ
Connecticut - Connecticut Fertility Associates
Massachusetts - Massachusetts General Hospital (Fertility), Boston IVF
Maryland - Shady Grove
Ohio - Bethesda Center for Reproductive Health
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