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Susan L. Stockham
Ms. Stockham has been practicing law in Florida since 1982. Her practice is limited to adoption and surrogacy. In her 24 years of practice she has assisted over 2,000 couples in domestic, independent and agency adoptions, and international adoptions.
She also represents parties in relative, stepparent and grandparent adoptions. In addition to adoptions, Ms. Stockham has represented gestational carriers, surrogates and intended parents in building families.
She is a recipient the of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute's 2004 Angel in Adoption Award; Lifetime Achievement Award from The Florida Adoption Council, and a founding member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, past board member and chair of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Committee and served on other committees including Interstate Compact, Agency, Intercountry Adoptions, and Special Needs. Ms. Stockham was appointed to the Florida Bar inaugural Adoption Law Board Certification Committee.
In addition to publishing numerous articles in the area of adoptions and assisted reproductive technology, she has assisted in drafting Florida's adoption and surrogacy legislation and filed amicus briefs to change the Florida Scarlet Letter Law. She has also represented parties in contested adoption cases. She has also advocated for the protection of the rights of children worldwide.
Her interests in adoption go beyond her professional work, as she is the adoptive mother of two handsome and happy sons!
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