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California Fellows
 Fellows and Sustaining Fellows are attorneys in the Academy who seek referrals and who have met the highest ethical and competency standards for admission to the Academy. They are active practitioners with the most knowledge, skill, and experience in the field of adoption. Sustaining Fellows are Fellows who have provided additional financial support to the Academy to further its purposes. The Academy was formed to study, encourage, promote and improve the laws and practice of law pertaining to the adoption of children and the creation of families throughout the United States and abroad.
 

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Los Angeles


David H. Baum
Member Since 1992
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Grandparent Representation

www.adoptlaw.com
16255 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 704, Encino, CA 91436-2311
TEL (818) 501-8355; FAX (818) 501-8465


Timothy J. Blied
Member Since 1991
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

www.sbsmlaw.com
400 N. Tustin Avenue, Suite 290, Santa Ana, CA 92705
TEL (949) 863-0200; FAX (714) 263-0827


D. Durand Cook
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction

www.adoption-option.com
10170 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
TEL (323) 655-2601; FAX (323) 852-0871


Douglas R. Donnelly
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Mediation

www.adoptionlawfirm.com
1332 Santa Barbara Street, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
TEL (805) 962-0988; FAX (805) 966-2993


Randall B. Hicks
Member Since 1992
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

www.randallhicks.com
7177 Brockton Avenue, Suite 218, Riverside, CA 92506
TEL (951) 787-8300; FAX (951) 787-8303


Karen R. Lane
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Mediation • Grandparent Representation

www.klane-adopt.com
100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2075, Santa Monica, CA 90401
TEL (310) 393-9802; FAX (310) 393-5071


Steven W. Lazarus
Member Since 2009
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Special Needs Children

www.swlfamilyformationlaw.com
4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 500, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
TEL (310) 496-5758; FAX (310) 496-5759


Celeste E. Liversidge
Member Since 2004
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

www.adoptionlawgroup.com
225 S. Lake Avenue, Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91101
TEL (626) 794-4445; FAX (626) 794-4446


David J. Radis
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction

www.radis-adopt.com
1801 Century Park East, 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067
TEL (310) 552-0536; FAX (310) 552-0713


Robert R. Walmsley
Member Since 2001
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption • 
Domestic Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

www.jarrettewalmsley.com
120 El Paseo, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
TEL (805) 845-7700; FAX (805) 845-7705


Felice A. Webster
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation

www.felicewebster.com
4525 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 201, Los Angeles, CA 90010
TEL (323) 664-5600; FAX (323) 664-4551

Marc D. Widelock  [More Information]
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption • 
Mediation • Grandparent Representation

www.thestork.com
1801 Oak Street, P.O. Box 21270, Bakersfield, CA 93390
TEL (661) 587-3110; FAX (661) 587-0277


Ted R. Youmans
Member Since 1996
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Grandparent Representation

www.center4familybuilding.com
505 South Villa Real Drive, Suite112, Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
TEL (714) 408-2900; FAX (714) 876-0061



San Diego

G. Darlene Anderson
Member Since 1994
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Mediation

127 East Third Avenue, Suite 202, Escondido, CA 92025-4201
TEL (760) 743-4700; FAX (760) 743-6218


Allen C. Hultquist
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

43980 Mahlon Vail Circle, Suite 403, Temecula, CA 92592-9602
TEL (951) 302-7777; FAX (951) 848-0961


Joy L. Kolender
Member Since 2000
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

11348 Monticook Court, San Diego, CA 92127-3100
TEL (858) 485-9823; FAX (858) 485-5503

Kristine Pogalies
Member Since 1999
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption

600 B Street, Suite 2050 , San Diego, CA 92101
TEL (619) 231-2025; FAX (619) 231-2024


Janis K. Stocks
Member Since 1990
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Domestic Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Mediation

600 B Street, Suite 2050, San Diego, CA 92101
TEL (619) 231-2025; FAX (619) 231-2024



San Francisco


Alison A. Foster-Davis
Member Since 2003
Special Needs Children • Domestic Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

1120 Tully Road, Modesto, CA 95350
TEL (209) 524-8844; FAX (209) 578-9823


Jane A. Gorman
Member Since 1990
Contested Adoption • Domestic Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation

80 Stone Pine Road, Suite 101, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
TEL (650) 560-0123; FAX (650) 560-0124


Marc Gradstein
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Assisted Reproduction

www.PlaceBaby4Adoption.com
80 Stone Pine Road, Suite 101, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
TEL (650) 560-0123; FAX (650) 560-0124


Shannon M. Matteson
Member Since 2003
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction

www.familyformation.com
3190 Old Tunnel Road, Lafayette, CA 94549-4133
TEL (925) 945-1880; FAX (925) 933-6807


Diane Michelsen
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption

www.familyformation.com
3190 Old Tunnel Road, Lafayette, CA 94549-4133
TEL (925) 945-1880; FAX (925) 933-6807


Susan Romer
Member Since 1998
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Mediation

www.1-800-U-ADOPT-US.com
1191 Church Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
TEL (415) 643-4523; FAX (415) 643-6421


Jed Somit  [More Information]
Member Since 1993
Contested Adoption • Domestic Adoption • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Assisted Reproduction

www.jedsomit.com
1970 Broadway, Suite 625, Oakland, CA 94612
TEL (510) 839-3215; FAX (510) 839-7041


Nanci R. Worcester
Member Since 1993

www.adoption-center.com
1253 High Street, Auburn, CA 95603
TEL (530) 888-1311; FAX (530) 888-7529

Honorary and Judicial Fellows
Honorary or Judicial Fellows are those who have made valuable contributions to adoption law as law school professors, judges, or others who have achieved special recognition for their service in the field of adoption. Honorary and Judicial Fellows do not accept referrals of adoption cases.

Joan H. Hollinger (Honorary)
Member Since 1991

440 Boynton Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707
TEL (510) 642-1419; FAX (510) 643-2673

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