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Reproductive Law for the 21st Century

We offer legal services in the areas of family formation and reproductive law. If you are involved or interested in egg donation, sperm donation, surrogacy, adoption, or other issues related to reproduction and building families, you have come to the right place!  We offer these services through a law firm set up for the 21st century.  You can work with us either “virtually” or “in person.”  Click on 24/7 Virtual Access to learn more.

Legal Services by a Nurse-Midwife (hospital births) Attorney

I am an actively-licensed California RN, a Yale-prepared Certified Nurse-Midwife, and a previous member of medical staffs in large teaching and small rural hospitals. I owned and operated a women’s health care practice providing obstetric and gynecologic care.  I am also a California-licensed attorney. I practiced “big law” with a major international firm headquartered in Washington DC.  You can read more about Deborah Acker’s background.

Our Mission to Advocate for Families and “ART” Participants

Our firm’s mission is to advocate for individuals, couples, and entities involved in family formation/assisted reproductive technologies (“ART”) from a broad perspective; providing education, guidance, and excellent legal service at a fair price in a compassionate atmosphere based upon absolute integrity.  You can read more about our approach to our practice.

We hope you enjoy our site. We have an active family formation blog and continue to gather reproductive legal resources that are hopefully of use to our visitors. Our pro bono efforts support organizations doing great work for animals.

Contact us to set up a free 15 minute consultation.  To read more about our services, please click on your area of interest above.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Family Law Section -Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Adoption, Alternative Families, Ethics

Health Law Section – Clinical Ethical Issues, Healthcare Facility Operations, Public Health and Policy

American College of Nurse-Midwives

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Resolve: The National Infertility Association

American Society of Law Medicine & Ethics

Sacramento Bar Association

Women Lawyers of Sacramento

 

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