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SELECTED ADOPTION ATTORNEYS AND AGENCIES
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Selecting an adoption attorney or agency to assist in adopting a child, or placing your child for adoption, is one of the most important steps in your adoption. Specific advice on selecting an adoption agency or attorney is provided in the Independent Adoption, Agency Adoption and International Adoption seminars, respectively.
Adoption101.com only accepts listings of adoption attorneys and agencies if they meet certain requirements: Adoption agencies must be licensed by their state as adoption agencies. Adoption attorneys must be a member of the distinguished American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Facilitators (paid intermediaries who are not licensed or trained as attorneys or agencies, but who charge fees) are not accepted at Adoption101.com.
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ALABAMA
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Bryant A. Whitmire, Jr., Attorney
215 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd., #501
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 324-6631
Provides complete legal services for all adoptions: private, related, contested and interstate. Will represent natural parents, adopting couples, or agencies. Over 25 years experience.
dwhitm8871@aol.com
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ARIZONA
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Rita A. Meiser, Attorney
1440 East Missouri Ave., Suite 150
Phoenix, AZ 85014
(602) 650-2473
Past President of AAAA. Providing a full range of legal services to adoptive parents, birth parents and adoption agencies. Emphasis on interstate adoptions. Recipient of the CCAI Angel in Adoption Award. 28 years experience.
www.meiserlaw.com rmeiser@meiserlaw.com
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Kathryn A. Pidgeon, Attorney
2575 East Camelback Road, Suite 450
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(602) 522-8700
We represent birth mothers in their adoption search as well as adoptive parents in finalizing their adoption. We handle adoptions of foster children and grandparent, step-parent and relative adoptions.
website skp3@aol.com
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CALIFORNIA
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Randall B. Hicks, Adoption Attorney
7177 Brockton Avenue #218
Riverside, CA 92506
(951-787-8300) (for birthmothers: 800-756-6757)
Randy assists adoptive and birth parents from around the country in planning loving, ethical adoptions. He is the author of ADOPTING IN AMERICA. Free services to birth parents.
www.randallhicks.com randy@randallhicks.com
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Black Adoption Placement Center
125 Second Street
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 839-3679
Black Adoption Placement and Research was founded in 1983 as a non-profit home-finding agency. We are licensed to serve families in 14 Northern California counties.
www.baprc.org family@baprc.org
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Nightlight Christian Adoptions
801 E. Chapman Avenue #106
Fullerton, CA • (714) 543-1063
A licensed California adoption agency offering international adoption programs from several countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Taiwan. Also has an embryo adoption program.
www.nightlight.org
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GEORGIA
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Rhonda Fishbein
2849 Paces Ferry Road #215
Atlanta, GA 30339
(770) 437-8582
Law practice devoted exclusively to adoption law. I handle agency, independent, stepparent, relative, adult, international, as well as embryo adoption. Member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and an adoptive parent.
www.rfishbeinadoption-law.com rlfishbein@bellsouth.net
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IOWA
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Lori L. Klockau, Attorney
Bray and Klockau, P.L.C.
402 S. Linn St., Iowa City, Iowa 52240
(319) 338-7968
I represent either adoptive parents, birth parents, or agencies in a variety of adoption situations including independent adoptions, step-parent adoptions and domestication of foreign adoption.
BrayKlockau@bkfamilylaw.com
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MARYLAND
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Michele Zavos
1400 Spring Street, Suite 460
Silver Spring, MD 20018
(301) 562-8220
Our firm provides representation for adoptive parents in every type of adoption, including through private agencies, foster care, direct placement, and foreign readoptions; for ICPC issues; and for birth parents.
www.zavoslawgroup.com mzavos@zavoslawgroup.com
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MICHIGAN
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Monica Farris Linkner, Attorney
6204 Celeste Road
West Bloomfield, MI
(734) 214-0200
Specializing in family building through direct placement, step-parent and relative adoptions. Sensitive, ethical and professional representation of adoptive & birth parents in Michigan & interstate.
www.linknerlaw.com monica@linknerlaw.com
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Forever Families Inc
42400 W. Grand River Avenue
Novi, MI 483375
248-344-9606
Forever Families is a non-profit licensed adoption placement agency, committed to providing the highest standards in adoption opportunities, with continuous support, adoption preparation and interventions.
info@forever-families.org
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MINNESOTA
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Walling, Berg & Debele, P.A.
121 8th Street, Suite 1100
Minneapolis, MN 55402
1-800-730-9101
Our attorneys represent individuals and couples in all areas of adoption and assisted reproduction. We pride ourselves in providing sound legal resolutions when creating families in both traditional and non-traditional ways.
www.wbdlaw.com contact101@wbdlaw.com
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Adoption Minnesota
111 Third Avenue South, Suite 385
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 333-0489
Adoption Minnesota is a licensed adoption agency specializing in American infant adoptions. Full services provided for birth parents and adoptive parents including counseling, home studies and outreach. Out-of-state families welcome.
www.adoption-minnesota.com info@adoptionmn.com
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NEVADA
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Randall B. Hicks, Adoption Attorney
7177 Brockton Avenue #218
Riverside, CA 92506
(951-787-8300) (for birthmothers: 800-756-6757)
Randy is a California attorney assisting birth mothers from around the country in planning loving, ethical adoptions. He is the author of ADOPTING IN AMERICA. Free services to birth parents.
www.randallhicks.com randy@randallhicks.com
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NEW JERSEY
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Deborah Steincolor, Attorney
80 Park Street
Montclair, NJ 07042
(743) 943-7500
My practice is solely devoted to adoption. I provide services to adopting families & birthparents guiding them through these life-changing experiences & the legal process with compassion.
dsteincolor@aol.com
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Donald C. Cofsky, Esq.
Cofsky & Zeidman, LLC
209 Haddon Ave., Haddonfield, NJ 08033
(856) 429-5005
Working with adoptive parents for 20 years in private, agency, international, domestic and step-parent adoptions. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.
www.209law.com DCC@209law.com
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NEW YORK
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Laurie B. Goldheim, Attorney
Offices in New York and New Jersey
(845) 624-2727
Representing adoptive parents and birth parents in domestic adoptions for more than 10 years. Also handles re-adoptions, step-parent adoptions, dometic partner and agency finalizations.
www.adoptionrights.com
lgoldheim@adoptionrights.com
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Suzanne B. Nichols, Esq.
Offices in White Plains, NY and Union, NJ
(914) 697-4870
Careful attention given to assisting couples and individuals build or expand families through domestic and international adoption. Our clients located throughout the U.S. & abroad.
adoptpro@aol.com
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OKLAHOMA
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Heritage Family Services
5110 S. Yale Avenue, Suite 525
Tulsa, OK 74135
(918) 491-6767
A non-profit, Christian adoption agency licensed in Oklahoma. We provide a full range of professional services to birth mothers and adoptive families throughout Oklahoma as well as through interstate adoptions.
www.heritagefamilyservices.com
HeritageFS@aol.com
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PENNSYLVANIA
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Deborah L. Lesko, Esquire.
373 Vanadium Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15243
(412) 276-4200
Providing adoption legal services to adoptive and birthparents in PA for 20 years. Assisting in private, agency, interstate, international, step-parent and relative adoptions. Please visit our website.
d.lesko@adoptionattorneys.org
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TEXAS
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Alternatives in Motion
A licensed, non-profit agency
2509 FM 1960 East, Suite B, Houston, TX 77073
(281) 821-6508 (800) 776-6508
An innovative agency geared to the needs and concerns of young women faced with unplanned parenting. there is no fee for any confidential counseling services to maternity clients.
www.aimadoptions.org alandry@aimadoptions.org
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Adoption Services Associates
Linda Zuflacht, Attorney at Law
5370 Prue Road, San Antonio, TX 78240
(210) 699-6094 • 24 hour help 1-800-648-1807
ASA provides complete, caring adoption services for birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptive children throughout the country. ASA is licensed in TX, NY, NJ and approved in CT. Est. 1984.
www.adoptionservicesassociates.org
adopt@adoptionservicesassociates.org
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Methodist Mission Home
6487 Whitby Road
San Antonio, TX 78240
(210) 696-2410 or 1 (800) 842-5433
MMH specializes in offering hope to adoptive families, birthmothers and adopted children through domestic, older child and international adoption. We have a maternity center on campus for mothers needing housing during adoption plan.
www.mmhome.org elizabethm@mmhome.org
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VIRGINIA
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Rodney M. Poole, Attorney
Poole and Poole
4901 Dickens Road #108
Richmond, VA 23230 • (804) 358-6669
Rodney provides a wide range of adoption legal services, including parental placement, agency, international, stepparent, close relative and adult adoptions, as well as legal services regarding surrogacy and assisted reproductive technology.
www.pooleandpoole.com Rpooleadopt@aol.com
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WASHINGTON
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Albert G. Lirhus
Dubuar, Lirhus & Engel LLP
1200 5th Avenue, Suite 1550
(206) 728-5858
Our firm provides a wide variety of adoption services, including independent adoptions, inter-state adoptions, agency finalizations, foreign re-adoption, and step-parent adoptions. There is no charge for the initial consultation.
www.dle-law.com
lirhus@dle-law.com
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