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Florida 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.
 


Ginger S. Allen
Member Since 2003
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Special Needs Children • Grandparent Representation

www.adoptionflorida.org
16831 N.E. 6th Avenue, North Miami Beach, FL 33162
TEL (305) 653-2474; FAX (305) 653-2746

Danelle Dykes Barksdale
Member Since 2010
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Grandparent Representation

www.floridaadoptionattorney.com
(Main Office), 418 W. Platt Street, Tampa, FL 33606-2244
TEL (813) 258-3355; FAX (813) 258-3373

1604 S. Bumby Avenue, Orlando, FL 32806
TEL (407) 898-8015; FAX (407) 898-8215

5633 Strand Boulevard, Suite 316, Naples, FL 34110
TEL (239) 594-2830; FAX (239) 594-2838


Cheryl R. Eisen-Yeary
Member Since 1999
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Mediation • Contested Adoption

370 Camino Gardens Blvd, Suite 107, Boca Raton, FL 33432
TEL (561) 330-9901; FAX (561) 330-9906


Madonna M. Finney (Sustaining)
Member Since 1999
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Special Needs Children

www.madonnafinney.com
1535 Killearn Center Blvd., Suite A-1, Tallahassee, FL 32309
TEL (850) 577-3077; FAX (850) 577-3079


Robison Harrell
Member Since 1999
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Special Needs Children

www.adoptioncenter.org
(Mailing Address), 3 Clifford Drive, Shalimar, FL 32579
TEL (850) 651-5225; FAX (850) 651-3210

25 West Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502
TEL (850) 434-9600; FAX (850) 651-3210

304 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401
TEL (850) 785-0108; FAX (850) 651-3210


Michelle M. Hausmann
Member Since 2001
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption

www.hausmannandhickman.com
2423 Quantum Boulevard, Boynton Beach, FL 33426
TEL (561) 732-7030; FAX (561) 732-7430


Amy U. Hickman
Member Since 2001
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption

www.hausmannandhickman.com
2423 Quantum Boulevard, Boynton Beach, FL 33426
TEL (561) 732-7030; FAX (561) 732-7430


Brian T. Kelly (Sustaining)
Member Since 1998
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation • Contested Adoption

www.Adoption-USA.com
3821 Atlantic Boulevard, P.O. Box 10007, Jacksonville, FL 32247-0007
TEL (904) 348-6400; FAX (904) 348-6424

1540 Cornerstone Boulevard, Suite 200, Daytona Beach, FL 32117
TEL (386) 673-1234

Anthony B. Marchese
Member Since 1997
www.anthonymarchese.com
4010 Boy Scout Blvd, Suite 590, Tampa, FL 33607
TEL (813) 877-6643


Linda W. McIntyre
Member Since 1995

www.lindamcintyre.net
2 North East 5th Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33483
TEL (561) 272-1422; FAX (561) 272-1422


Mary Ann Scherer
Member Since 1993
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation

www.adoptionflorida.com
2734 E. Oakland Park Boulevard, Suite 102, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306
TEL (954) 564-6900; FAX (954) 564-0187


Michael A. Shorstein (Sustaining)
Member Since 1993
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Grandparent Representation

www.Adoption-USA.com
3821 Atlantic Boulevard, P.O. Box 10007, Jacksonville, FL 32247
TEL (904) 348-6400; FAX (904) 348-6424

1540 Cornerstone Boulevard, Suite 200, Daytona Beach, FL 32117
TEL (386) 673-1234


Susan L. Stockham
Member Since 1990
Assisted Reproduction • Domestic Adoption • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Special Needs Children • Contested Adoption • 
Mediation • Intercountry Adoption

www.stockhamlaw.com
4017 Swift Road, Sarasota, FL 34231
TEL (941) 924-4949; FAX (941) 328-3568


Patricia L. Strowbridge  [More Information]
Member Since 2003
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Mediation

1516 E. Colonial Drive, Suite 202, Orlando, FL 32803
TEL (407) 894-1525; FAX (407) 894-3142


Cynthia Stump Swanson
Member Since 2007
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Mediation

www.swansonlawcenter.com
2830 N.W. 41st Street, Suite M, Gainesville, FL 32606-6667
TEL (352) 375-5602; FAX (352) 373-7292


Jeanne Trudeau Tate
Member Since 1997
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Intercountry Adoption • 
Special Needs Children • Grandparent Representation

www.floridaadoptionattorney.com
(Main Office), 418 W. Platt Street, Tampa, FL 33606-2244
TEL (813) 258-3355; FAX (813) 258-3373

5633 Strand Boulevard, Suite 316, Naples, FL 34110
TEL (239) 594-2830; FAX (239) 594-2838

1604 S. Bumby Avenue, Orlando, FL 32806
TEL (407)898-8015; FAX (407) 898-8215


Christine Welch
Member Since 2009
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Special Needs Children

www.christinewelch.com
3800 W. Bay to Bay Blvd., Ste. 13, Tampa, FL 33629
TEL (813) 835-6000; FAX (813) 835-6004


Jeffrey Scott Wood
Member Since 2007

www.mmdpa.com
One Financial Plaza, Suite 2602, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-1697
TEL (954) 763-6006; FAX (954) 764-5367

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.


Hon. David M. Gooding (Judicial)
Member Since 2008

330 East Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32207
TEL (904) 630-2688; FAX (904) 630-1974
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