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Don Johnson Jr. is licensed to practice law in the state of California, the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Courts and the state of New Mexico.  He has a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Golden Gate University School of Law.  Mr. Johnson also studied European Union law and Remedies at the University of Paris X.. Don Johnson Jr. earned a Bachelor in Science from the University of New Mexico ().  Graduating Cum Laude overall and Cum Laude in Psychology, Mr. Johnson was in the top 10% of his class and held a 4.0 GPA in his major.  Mr. Johnson was president of the psychology honors society, vice president of Delta Sigma Phi () and Golden Key recipient ().. Before joining Johnson Family Law P.C., Mr. Johnson owned a law office in Oakland, California and San Francisco, California.  The Law Office of Don Johnson Jr. focused on cases in Family Law and Criminal Defense.. Mr. Johnson brings a wealth of experience to Johnson Family Law P.C.  Having served over nine years in the United States Navy as an Officer, he has held several positions.

Kat Fox, J.D., has a well-earned reputation for being self-driven and extremely dedicated, both in the legal profession and in her own professional development in general. Her main focus is providing a great client experience, guiding them through each step of the legal process so as to feel in control of their own outcomes. Her experience with mediation also means she can help clients and their families accomplish much outside of the stressors of the courtroom setting.. Of her practice, Kat emphasizes “I enjoy the interaction with clients and providing one-on-one assistance and counsel, with the knowledge that, although I may have many cases, for my clients, their case is the most important and stressful thing happening in their life.”. A New Mexico native, Kat graduated high school early at age 15 to pursue a degree in sociology from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She then obtained her Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School. As a student, she worked for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP), a federally funded organization that monitors the health of former coal miners and provides them with periodic screenings. She then served as a legal intern for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Tribal Relations in coordination with Food Policy Councils stationed in reservations throughout the country. During this time, she also served as a Student Leader on the Indigenous Food and Agricultural initiative, all while simultaneously pursuing her J.D. In her last years of Law School, Kat acted as a Certified Student Attorney for the Drake University Legal Clinic and the Polk County Attorney’s Office in Des Moines, Iowa. All this, accomplished before she had even completed law school.. Kat’s hard work in the courtroom and the office has marked her as someone prepared to take on nearly anything that comes her way. She joins New Mexico Financial & Family Law to lend her expertise to Family Law and Estate Planning cases.

I was born and raised in Oxnard, California, and graduated from the University of California, Davis as a double major in English and Sociology. After becoming a first-generation college graduate, I moved to Wisconsin to actualize my dream of becoming the first lawyer in my family. While I attended UW Law School, I participated in the Legal Assistance to Incarcerated People (LAIP) Second-Look Advocacy Clinic and spent the majority of my time training to become a Public Defender. My years spent preparing to represent clients in criminal court, honed my composure, attentiveness, and zealous advocacy skills necessary to best represent clients in family court.

Born and raised in Oakdale, Rachel graduated from Oakdale High School in 2009. She attended Centenary College of Louisiana and, in 2013, graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.. After college, Rachel attended Tulane University Law School. While at Tulane, Rachel served on the Tulane Law Review, a prestigious achievement reserved only for students in the top 10% of their class.. During her time at Tulane, Rachel interned with the Louisiana State Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit assisting the Honorable Joy Lobrano with research and writing with a focus on human trafficking cases.. Rachel began her career as an insurance defense attorney at one of the top law firms in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her practice focused on insurance defense and product liability.. Rachel returned to Oakdale in 2017 and co-founded Richardson & Guarisco.

My own experiences with infertility are what led me to found the Law Office of Catherine Tucker PLLC, which is the only New Hampshire based law firm that focuses exclusively on fertility law. You can learn more about how I developed my law practice in an article published in the New Hampshire Bar News--Practitioner Profile: Finding a Niche Through Personal Experience.. Through the law firm, I work with intended parents, donors, and surrogates to help them navigate the fertility law process. I regularly write and review surrogacy contracts, donor agreements, and parentage orders (called pre-birth orders in some states). I also work with clients who are already parents to make sure the appropriate legal work is in place to protect their families through second parent or confirmatory adoptions. And I use my background in insurance law to evaluate insurance policies and to help clients file insurance appeals.I’m passionate about improving the laws to protect patient access to fertility treatments. I have collaborated with fertility professionals, law professors, and organizations from around the country to successfully advocate for policy changes on both a state and federal level. I was part of a small group of fertility lawyers selected from throughout the U.S. to serve on a committee tasked with preparing model acts on behalf of the American Bar Association. One of the committee’s final products was accepted by the ABA as the gold standard for the regulation of surrogacy agencies.. I am especially honored to have co-authored New Hampshire’s surrogacy law which streamlined the surrogacy process and put into place strong protections for both intended parents and surrogates. This law has been used as a model by other states considering improvements to their own surrogacy laws.

I am a member of the Estate Planning and Probate Group at Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green. My practice also focuses on assisting clients in family law; not-for-profit, charitable and religious institutions; intellectual property; and zoning and land use matters. I am admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.. Prior to joining the firm, I was a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Richard Tucker at the Massachusetts Superior Court for Worcester County. I was a research assistant for Dean, then Professor, Andrew Perlman for “A Behavioral Theory of Legal Ethics” published in the University of Indiana Law Journal, Professor Charles P. Kindregan for the third edition of Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Lawyer's Guide to Emerging Law & Science to be published by the American Bar Association, and Professor Stephanie Roberts Hartung for work on active New England Innocence Project cases. As a research assistant for Professor Hartung, I worked on an amicus brief filed with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on behalf of a wrongfully convicted man, leading to his release from prison on a stay of execution and eventual exoneration.. While at Suffolk University Law School, I served as Content Editor of the Suffolk University Law Review and Vice Magistrate of Phi Delta Phi Honor Society. I also was the recipient of the Distinguished Brief Award, Honorable Mention Oral Advocate Award, and Jurisprudence Awards for Property Law and Evidence/Trial Advocacy. I also graduated with Pro Bono Honors for my work with Judge Tucker and the New England Innocence Project.

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