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Marla Neufeld Featured in the University of Miami School of Law Alumni Magazine
Attorney Marla Somerstein Neufeld, J.D. ’07, understands the personal and the legal issues facing couples who find it difficult to start a family. For four years, she and her husband Jason tried pills, inseminations, and In Vitro Fertilization, before engaging a gestational surrogate. Today, Neufeld is the proud mother of twin sons Ethan and…
Read MoreAlumna Founds Surrogacy Law Practice after Struggle with Infertility
Click Here to read the full article Marla Somerstein Neufeld, Kogod/BSBA ’03, says she would do anything to be back at American University. Having grown up in Florida, she was looking for a different experience in college, which is what led her to Washington and to AU. At the time, though, she couldn’t have predicted…
Read MoreThe Baby Steps of Surrogacy Published in The International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination, Inc’s Newsletter
To read the full article written by surrogacy attorney, Marla Neufeld: https://www.inciid.org/baby-steps-to-surrogacy I was under the impression that once you decide to start a family, you toss the birth control and give it the ‘old college try’. BAM! There you are in your cute maternity jeans, booking your family trip to Disney World. I was…
Read MoreMarla Neufeld speaks at Broward County Women Lawyers' Association
On February 17, 2015, surrogacy attorney, Marla Neufeld spoke as a panelist at the Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association lunch, titled, “Modern Family Formation: Legal Perspectives on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy”, hosted at Fort Lauderdale’s Tower Club. The panel also included the Honorable Giuseppina Miranda, 17th Judicial Circuit and the Honorable Stacy Ross, 17th…
Read MoreMarla Neufeld Featured in the Miami Herald for use of a standing desk
Leonardo Da Vinci, Ben Franklin, Winston Churcill and surrogacy attorney, Marla Neufeld, Esq. are avid users of the standing desk. Surrogacy Lawyer Marla Neufeld is another standing desk devotee. The 32-year-old lawyer and mother of infant twins got her standing desk a year ago, after seeing one in the SkyMall magazine on a flight. “I thought…
Read MoreMarla Neufled Presents the "ART" of Babymaking for Florida Association of Women Lawyers
Surrogacy lawyer, Marla Neufeld, presents her continuing legal education class called “The ART of Family Building” to the West Palm Beach chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers. The outline of the presentation is below. Please contact Marla Neufeld if you are interested in her presenting this material to your group or organization! The…
Read MoreSurrogacy lawyers help couples deliver the family of their dreams
Surrogacy Lawyer, Marla Neufeld, was featured in the Florida Bar News relating to the use of surrogacy in Florida. She was quoted for her legal and personal experience with using a Florida surrogate. “I’ve been in this world of fertility doctors, and so many appointments, and just juggling everything. And then we ultimately used a…
Read MoreMarla Neufeld Presents CLE to the Dade County Bar Association – Young Lawyers Division
On October 7, 2014, the Surrogacy Lawyer, Marla Neufeld, presented her CLE, “So You Want to Have a Baby” to the lawyers of the Dade County Bar Young Lawyers Division. She was joined by Miami attorney, Hugo Acebo, and the Honorable Judge Scott Bernstein. Over 25 people were in attendance and issues such as surrogacy, egg,…
Read MoreReal Housewives star, Gretchen, Talks Infertility Struggles; Undergoing IVF
Even the rich and famous have difficulty getting pregnancy, except not everybody talks it. Real Housewives of Orange County star, Gretchen, has gone public about her infertility struggles and expresses sentiments felt by many women going through this difficult process. “It’s so much more complicated than we ever anticipated before we started it,” the former…
Read MoreMarla Neufeld Presented CLE on Assisted Reproductive Technology Law to Broward County Bar Association
Surrogacy attorney, Marla Neufeld, presented her assisted reproductive technology law CLE to the lawyers of the Broward County Bar Association in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She discussed issues such as the surrogacy process, Florida case law and statutes relating to surrogacy and her own journey using a gestational surrogate to build her family.
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