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District of Columbia 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.
 


Mark L. Eckman
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction

www.hagarcenter.org
311 Maple Avenue West, Suite E, Vienna, VA 22180
TEL (703) 242-8801; FAX (703) 242-8804


Jennifer Fairfax
Member Since 2007
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation

www.jenniferfairfax.com
827 Woodside Parkway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
TEL (301) 221-9651; FAX (240) 491-9551


Sharon Fast Gustafson
Member Since 2002
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Contested Adoption • Mediation • 
Grandparent Representation

www.sharonfastgustafson.com
4041 N. 21st Street, Arlington, VA 22207-3040
TEL (703) 527-0147; FAX (703) 527-0582


Sherry L. Leichman
Member Since 2006
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Mediation • 
Grandparent Representation

www.leichmansnyderlaw.com
51 Monroe Street, Suite 1605, Rockville, MD 20850
TEL (301) 545-1840; FAX (301) 545-1842


Jody Marten
Member Since 2002
Intercountry Adoption

www.jodymarten.com
3360 Tennyson Street N.W., Washington, DC 20015
TEL (202) 537-0496; FAX (202) 686-1866


Mark T. McDermott  [More Information]
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Intercountry Adoption

www.theadoptionadvisor.com
910 17th Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006
TEL (202) 331-1440; FAX (202) 331-1442


Stanton E. Phillips (Sustaining)  [More Information]
Member Since 1990
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Contested Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Special Needs Children • 
Domestic Adoption • Intercountry Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation

www.babylaw.us
1921 Gallows Road, Suite 110, Vienna, VA 22182
TEL (703) 891-2400; FAX (703) 891-2404


Harvey Schweitzer
Member Since 2000
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Grandparent Representation • Intercountry Adoption

www.schweitzerlaw.net
7315 Wisconsin Avenue, 601 North, Bethesda, MD 20814-3202
TEL (301) 469-3382; FAX (301) 469-3371


Peter J. Wiernicki  [More Information]
Member Since 1991
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Special Needs Children • Contested Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation

11140 Rockville Pike, Suite 620, Rockville, MD 20852
TEL (301) 230-2446; FAX (301) 230-7108


Michele Zavos
Member Since 2005
Intercountry Adoption • Domestic Adoption • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Contested Adoption • 
Mediation • Grandparent Representation • 
Assisted Reproduction

www.zavoslawgroup.com
1400 Spring Street, Suite 460, Silver Spring, MD 20910
TEL (301) 562-8220; FAX (301) 562-8224

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.


Cynthia R. Mabry (Honorary)
Member Since 2007

www.law.howard.edu
309 Houston Hall, 2900 Van Ness Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20008
TEL (202) 806-8067
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