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Virginia 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.
 


Gary B. Allison  [More Information]
Member Since 1991
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction

281 Independence Boulevard, Suite 310, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
TEL (757) 518-8000; FAX (757) 518-8800


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


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


Barbara C. Jones
Member Since 1993
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Grandparent Representation

7016 Balmoral Forest Road, Clifton, VA 20124-1538
TEL (703) 222-1101; FAX (703) 222-3393

Robert H. Klima
Member Since 1993
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Mediation • 
Grandparent Representation

9300 Grant Avenue, #101, Manassas, VA 20110-5078
TEL (703) 361-5051; FAX (703) 330-2090


Karen S. Law
Member Since 2008
Domestic Adoption • Intercountry Adoption • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Special Needs Children

www.lawadoption.com
42909 Riverstone Court, Ashburn, VA 20148-
TEL (703) 723-4385; FAX (703) 723-7710


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


Thomas G. Nolan
Member Since 2000
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

www.vawills.com
215 Wayles Lane, Suite 125, Charlottesville, VA 22911
TEL (434) 817-4001; FAX (434) 817-4004


Rosemary G. O'Brien
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption

109 South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
TEL (703) 549-5110; FAX (703) 684-0843


Janet Ours
Member Since 2008
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption • 
Domestic Adoption • Grandparent Representation • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Special Needs Children

www.oaslaw.com
9306 Grant Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110
TEL (703) 361-9700; FAX (703) 361-6400


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


Betsy H. Phillips
Member Since 1994

12576 Wards Road, Rustburg, VA 24588
TEL (434) 821-5100; FAX (434) 821-5125


Rodney M. Poole
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption • 
Mediation • Grandparent Representation

www.pooleandpoole.com
4901 Dickens Road, Suite 108, Richmond, VA 23230
TEL (804) 358-6669; FAX (804) 358-5290


Colleen Marea Quinn  [More Information]
Member Since 1995
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Contested Adoption • 
Mediation • Grandparent Representation • 
Intercountry Adoption • Special Needs Children

www.virginia-adoption-attorney.com
4928 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230
TEL (804) 545-9406; FAX (804) 545-9411


Ellen S. Weinman
Member Since 1993
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

111 East Main Street, Salem, VA 24153-3833
TEL (540) 389-3825; FAX (540) 389-3180


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

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. Gaylord Finch (Judicial)
Member Since 1994
3603 Old Post Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
TEL (703) 246-3367; FAX (703) 278-9339
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