Tom Pinkerton Esq & Michelle Keeyes Reproductive Law Center, Inc SD USA

This seminar will answer all your questions on surrogate contracts and egg donor agreements. It will discuss the enforceability of the contracts and it will also your legal position. It will discuss the Pre Birth Order and the implications this will have. It will talk about the states that legally recognise surrogacy and those you need to stay away from. Tom Pinkerton is THE leading legal brains behind PBO’s. Obtaining the first ever PBOs for a same sex couple in 1998 he has been leading the field ever since. This will be your opportunity to ask questions of Americas leading fertility lawyer. Tom is in demand all over the USA to give presentations and has had countless many TV appearances on the legal aspects of surrogacy and egg donation but this is the first ever time that Tom has agreed to come to Europe to present a seminar. This is “THE SEMINAR “ of the day and one that should not be missed by anyone who is planning to have a child through Surrogacy in the USA.

Upon graduating from law school, Michelle chose to focus her career in the specialized areas of surrogacy and assisted reproductive law.  Michelle oversees the drafting of surrogacy and egg donation agreements, makes court appearances to obtain parental rights judgments and consults with surrogates, egg donors and intended parents. In addition, Michelle is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the company and managing the staff. Practiced in both litigation and business legal fields, as well as knowledgeable from her experience of being an egg donor, Michelle brings a unique perspective to her role. Michelle is dedicated to ensuring that clients receive the most comprehensive service possible in creating their new families. Michelle is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Family Law Section Committee on Reproductive and Genetic Technology and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and its Legal Professionals Group. In her spare time, Michelle enjoys reading, attending the theatre and traveling. She is also passionate about her involvement with Lions, Tigers and Bears, one of the few non-profit organizations dedicated to providing life-long homes for abandoned and abused exotic cats, such as tigers and leopards. Michelle serves both as a volunteer and Chair of the Lions, Tigers and Bear's annual fundraiser, "Between the Stripe

Attorney Thomas M. Pinkerton has devoted his entire law practice solely to assisted reproduction law, including all legal aspects of surrogacy, egg donation, and sperm donation, for over a decade. He is a nationally recognized expert in this unique area of law, and has lectured, written, made numerous television appearances, and given frequent interviews and legal commentary on assisted parenthood. In 1990, he obtained the first surrogate paternity judgment ever issued by the San Diego Superior Court to a San Diego resident. It directed the health department to list Tom and his wife Darlene as the original parents on the birth certificate of their genetic daughter Kaitlin, who, following in vitro fertilization, was carried by a surrogate, Tom's sister. Tom was the first lawyer in the USA to obtain a pre birth order for a same sex couple in 1998. Directly after this, he obtained Europes first EVER PBO directing the courts to put the names of two men, Barrie & Tony Drewitt-Barlow, on a birth certificate.

Tom will be talking with Michelle Keeyes. Together they will discuss all aspects of the importance of obtaining the Pre birth orders. About contracts between surrogates and the egg donors and which states surrogacy is legal in and which ones to avoid. They will be open for questions directly after and then available to talk on the British Surrogacy Stand from there.