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New York 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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Albany


Anne Reynolds Copps
Member Since 1993
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Special Needs Children • Contested Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation

www.arcopps.net
126 State Street, 6th Floor, Albany, NY 12207
TEL (518) 436-4170; FAX (518) 436-1456


Brendan C. O'Shea
Member Since 1992
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation

40 Beaver Street, Albany, NY 12207
TEL (518) 432-7511; FAX (518) 432-5221

Mary Walsh Snyder
Member Since 2010
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

www.friendsinadoption.org/
653 Plank Road, Cliffton Park, NY 12065
TEL (518) 371-9910; FAX (518) 371-9936



Buffalo


Flory G. Herman
Member Since 1995
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Domestic Adoption • 
Special Needs Children • Intercountry Adoption

www.adoptionstar.com
47 Plaza Drive, Williamsville, NY 14221
TEL (716) 639-3900; FAX (716) 639-3700


Cynthia Perla Meckler
Member Since 1994
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption

8081 Floss Lane, East Amherst, NY 14051
TEL (716) 741-4164; FAX (716) 741-4164



New York City


Jeanine Castagna  [More Information]
Member Since 2006
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption

www.jcadoptionlaw.com
1225 Franklin Avenue, Suite 325, Garden City, NY 11530
TEL (516) 495-7906; FAX (516) 908-7773


Robin A. Fleischner (Sustaining)
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction

www.adoptsurrogatelaw.com
11 Riverside Drive, Suite 14 MW, New York, NY 10023
TEL (212) 362-6945; FAX (212) 875-1431


Laurie B. Goldheim
Member Since 1993
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Mediation

www.adoptionrights.com
20 Old Nyack Turnpike, Suite 300, Nanuet, NY 10954
TEL (845) 624-2727; FAX (845) 624-8400


Michael S. Goldstein
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Assisted Reproduction • Grandparent Representation

www.adoptgold.com
62 Bowman Avenue, Rye Brook, NY 10573
TEL (914) 939-1111; FAX (914) 939-2369

201 West 70th Street, Suite17L, New York, NY 10023
TEL (212) 579-3181; FAX (914) 939-2369


Stephen Lewin
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Grandparent Representation

845 Third Avenue, Suite 1400, New York, NY 10022
TEL (212) 759-2600; FAX (212) 593-1318


Frederick J. Magovern
Member Since 1990
Contested Adoption • Domestic Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation

111 John Street, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10038-3001
TEL (212) 962-1450; FAX (212) 385-0235


Rebecca L. Mendel
Member Since 2004
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation

801 Second Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017
TEL (212) 972-5430; FAX (212) 972-5835


Suzanne Nichols
Member Since 1991
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption

800 Westchester Avenue, Suite 641 North, Rye Brook, NY 10573
TEL (914) 697-4870; FAX (866) 876-4051


Douglas H. Reiniger
Member Since 1990
Contested Adoption • Domestic Adoption • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Grandparent Representation

801 Second Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017
TEL (212) 972-5430; FAX (212) 972-5835


Benjamin J. Rosin
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation

801 Second Avenue. 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017
TEL (212) 972-5430; FAX (212) 972-5835


Nina E. Rumbold
Member Since 2001
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Mediation • Grandparent Representation

www.adoptionlawny.com
116 Kraft Avenue, Suite 3, Bronxville, NY 10708
TEL (914) 779-1050; FAX (914) 931-1786


Denise Seidelman
Member Since 2001
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Mediation • Grandparent Representation

www.adoptionlawny.com
116 Kraft Avenue, Suite 3, Bronxville, NY 10708
TEL (914) 779-1050; FAX (914) 931-1786


Deborah Steincolor (Sustaining)
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

www.adoptattorney.net
845 Third Avenue, Suite 1400, New York, NY 10022
TEL (212) 421-7807



Rochester-Syracuse


Kevin P. Harrigan
Member Since 1999
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Grandparent Representation • Contested Adoption

2 Clinton Square, Suite 215, Syracuse, NY 13202
TEL (315) 478-3138; FAX (315) 478-3148

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.

Daniel Pollack (Honorary)
Member Since 2006

www.yu.edu/faculty/pollack
2495 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 818, New York, NY 10033-3312
TEL (212) 960-0836; FAX (212) 960-0821
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