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Adoption is love. Adoption is about fulfilling your dream of raising a family. Adoption is about finding an appropriate home for a child.Adoption is also a legal matter. While there may be an adoption agency involved in the placement, supervision or investigation, it is ultimately a decision for a court. For most of us, it is the most important legal proceeding we will be involved in our lifetimes. You want to minimize potential risks because what you really want is a family.Stanton Phillips offers experience, knowledge and practical advice. He listens to your needs, advises you of your options and works with you to best achieve your goals. His legal practice is limited to building families through adoption and assisted reproductive technologies including surrogacy, gestational carriers and embryo adoptions.Experience in adoptions for Stanton Phillips began in 1982 as a young litigator when an older attorney brought him into litigate a contested adoption. Now he has completed over 4,000 successful adoptions, helping families one at a time. These adoptions have come from just about every state and more than 70 countries.Knowledge is built upon experience. Stanton Phillips has helped his clients through just about every imaginable situation and lots of situations that would be hard to imagine. He frequently teaches courses on adoption law as well as attends those presentations by his colleagues so he can follow the continuing changing landscape.Stanton Phillips knows the adoption statutes because he has worked with the Virginia Legislature in drafting the laws. This included being the primary drafter of the major procedural rewrite in 2006 and participating in drafting the previous major rewrite in 1995. Additionally, Stanton Phillips drafted in 1999 the education statute with regards to foster children and children placed for adoption.In the District of Columbia, Stanton Phillips was the first Chair of the D.C. Superior Court Adoption Committee consisting of Judges and lawyers that drafted the first comprehensive set of Adoption Rules. Under two D.C. mayors, he was the appointee as the attorney member of the Committee that regulates adoption agencies.While adoption is a legal process, the route to a successful adoption involves many practical matters. Proper services need to be made available for a birth mother in order that she may adequately weigh her options. An adequate and positive support group should surround the birth mother to reassure her of her plan. We want to ensure that the birth mother is properly treated and that she has made an educated and meaningful decision that is best for both her and the baby.Stanton Phillips has been recognized for his professional achievements in adoption as recipient of the 2006 Congressional Angel in Adoption Award. He has served as Chair of the Advisory Counsel for the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute and has organized a number of adoption programs in the U.S. Capitol. Four of his clients children have had their adoption finalized in the White House before the President and First Lady.Stanton Phillips has co-authored or contributed to twenty books on adoption law including Adoption law in Virginia, District of Columbia Practice Manual, Adoption Law and Practice, Family Law and Practice and Legal Aspects of International Adoption.Stanton Phillips understands your needs and believes in personal attention and a good bedside manner. He believes in handling cases quickly and timely. He knows you want to be able to go home as soon as possible with your new baby. His approach is to handle your work at the earliest opportune time so that when an emergency arises or a baby is born, he can handle the urgent matter without disrupting the routine matters. Stanton Phillips has the understanding and experience to handle your adoption while minimizing potential risks. Let Stanton Phillips help make your adoption successful and a wonderful experience.

Before I ever stepped foot in a courtroom as a lawyer, I did it as a dad. Adopting our first son was one of the greatest joys of my life and I knew then - as a recent law school graduate - helping families adopt is how I would use my legal education.. Since becoming an attorney, I have helped countless parents bring their children home. I am thankful to each of them for trusting me with their case and allowing me to be a small part of their adoption story.. Thank you for visiting my attorney profile. Whether you are looking to hire an adoption attorney, or you just have questions about the process, I am happy to help.

Casey began her legal career as an associate attorney at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany's largest law firm, where she practiced primarily in the areas of Labor and Employment, Education and Litigation.  In 2012, Casey decided to join her mother, Anne Reynolds Copps, in practice.  In 2014, Anne and Casey became partners and created Copps DiPaola, PLLC, the first mother-daughter law firm in the Capital Region.. Casey graduated summa cum laude and as the salutatorian from Albany Law School in 2009. During law school she was a senior editor of the Albany Law Review, the secretary of the Pro Bono Society, and a constitutional law research assistant.  Casey also completed internships with the Family Violence Litigation Clinic and the Warren County District Attorney's Office, and judicial placements in Albany County Supreme Court, and the Appellate Division, Third Department. Prior to law school, Casey graduated from Shenendehowa High School and from the Rochester Institute of Technology, with highest honors and as a member of the Honors Program. Casey currently lives in Clifton Park with her husband Jeffrey, a high school special education teacher, and their sons Evan and Corey.. Casey understands that many of her clients come to her during difficult and stressful times in their lives.  She strives to educate her clients on the law and their options so they can make educated decisions about the trajectory of their cases.  Casey understands that, while the matter that bring her clients to her are incredibly important to them, the vast majority of her clients have limited funds to spend on legal representation.  With that in mind, Casey openly discusses with her clients the relative costs of various options and helps them to engage in a cost-benefit analysis.. Casey prides herself on being a creative problem solver and refuses to take a one size fits all approach to her cases.  She spends time with her clients getting to know the facts of their cases intimately so she can help them brainstorm possible solutions to the problem that brought them to her.  Particularly in matters involving families, Casey believes that working together to come up with a solution that addresses the needs and concerns of all involved to the best extent possible is almost always preferable to litigation, which can do irreparable damage to relationships.  That being said, Casey has extensive litigation experience and, in the event that settlement is not an option, she is willing and able to zealously litigate on behalf of her clients.. Casey focuses her practice in all areas of adoption law.  She has experience representing birth and adoptive parents in private adoptions, voluntary agency adoptions, foster care adoptions and step/second parent adoptions.  Casey also has experience representing adoption agencies and handling adoption subsidy fair hearings.  Casey also practices in the related area of assisted reproductive technology law (egg/sperm/embryo donation and surrogacy/gestational carrier agreements) and kinship guardianship (KinGAP).  Casey also practices matrimonial law and handles all types of family court matters and she also acts a neutral mediator in matrimonial/custody matters.  Casey also handles estate planning/trusts, probate/estate administration, guardianship (Article 81, 17 and 17A), residential real estate, not-for-profit/for profit/religious corporation formation and operations, name changes (including transgender name changes), education law, employment law and minor traffic matters.

I return all calls immediately.  When you hire me you will be dealing directly with me at all times.  My office has plenty of parking.  I will always give a free phone consultation.. Traffic tickets, DUIs, criminal defense and Adoptions are handled on a flat fee basis.  This way you know what the legal fees are before you hire me.. Probate is done on a percentage basis, this way it doesn't matter how many hours I spend on a file, you kow the fee is based upon the size of the Estate and the percentage agred to.

I feel truly blessed that my work builds families.  As an adoption attorney, I like to say that my role is just a small part of a big blessing.  To be the one who says the words to a couple that makes their eyes well with tears of joy, knowing that their life has forever changed, is a gift that humbles me.  (I usually end up in tears too.). I represent both adoptive families and biological parents in private and agency adoptions.  I assist families to identify the right match.  My practice includes services that match prospective adoptive parents and biological parents during pregnancy.  I represent adoptive parents in a variety of other matters as well, including contested adoptions, foster care adoptions, step-parent adoptions, relative adoption, same sex and second parent adoptions.  I am well versed on the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) and Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).. My practice also includes assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy law.  I understand the complex legal issues that are associated with ART as well as the emotional decisions individuals and families face when considering their fertility options.  I represent clients in gestational and traditional surrogacy arrangements. I am proud to work with a diverse clientele, including traditional and non-traditional families, in order to fulfill their dreams of becoming parents.. My ultimate goal is positive permanency for children. Irepresent foster families and individuals in private Child in Need of Care (CINC) proceedings to foster the child's best interests.  Disagreements often arise regarding the decisions that are made on behalf of a child in CINC matters, and litigation may become necessary.

I am an adult adoptee, parent and an adoption attorney. This gives me the opportunity to understand my clients and enhances my desire to assist in making their dreams come true! I promise to guide you through the adoption process with kindness and compassion.  We specialize in private domestic adoption, step parent adoption, and foster parent representation.