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Ballard, Desai, Bush-Joseph & Horwich is dedicated to helping others build their families through adoption or reproductive technologies. The firm achieves this vision through a number of activities, including: · representing couples and individuals who want to form a family through one of the many avenues of adoption or by pursuing one of the emerging varieties of reproductive options, such as donor gametes or surrogacy; · assisting clients in making decisions about what method of family building is most appropriate for them; · providing legal, policy, and strategic planning consulting services to medical providers, laboratories, adoption agencies and other family-building professionals, consumer organizations concerned with adoption and infertility, and public and private entities setting standards in these fields; · assisting clients with practical and financial issues, such as insurance coverage for infertility treatment and adoption, decisions about embryo disposition, and other pre-conception and pre-placement planning; and · promoting the responsible development of family building options through service to not-for-profit organizations, participation in state and federal legislative efforts, and a variety of public speaking, media relations, and writing activities. _________________________ |
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