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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Family Law

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Friday, April 26, 2024

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$197.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE course will address current issues in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) law, including how the analysis of those issues is impacted by the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision in LaPage v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine, P.C., ___ Ala. ___ (2024).

Faculty

Ellen Trachman
Partner
Trachman Law Center, LLC

Ms. Trachman founded Trachman Law Center, LLC in order to bring dedicated and compassionate legal representation to those wishing to build a family through adoption or assisted reproductive technology.

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Colleen M. Quinn
Partner
Quinn Law Centers

Ms. Quinn practices personal injury, medical malpractice, employment, family formation (including adoption & surrogacy) and estate planning law and is admitted to the practice in all state and federal courts in Virginia. Honored with the Richmond NAWBO "Entrepreneur of the Year" award (2016), Virginia State Bar Family Law Service award (2015), "Virginia’s Top Rated Lawyers" (2012-17) by Law.com and Legal Leaders, "Best Lawyers in America" (2014-18), "Top 100 Trial Lawyers" by National Trial Lawyers (2012-17), the YWCA Outstanding Woman Award for Law & Government (2011), the "Hats Off to Women Award" by the ABWA Cavalier Chapter (2011), "Super Lawyers" Top 100 (2012 & 2013)/Top 50 (2011) in Virginia, Top 50 (2012-17)/Top 25 (2010 & 2011) Female in Virginia, and Top 50 (2013)/Top 25 (2012) in Richmond, by Richmond magazine, by Virginia Business magazine as one of Virginia’s "Legal Elite" (2010-17, 2005), a “Leader in the Law” by Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly (2009), with the Congressional “Angels in Adoption” award (2008), and a "Super Lawyer" by Richmond magazine (2006-17), she is a partner and equity owner in the law firm of Locke & Quinn, which recently received the Trial Lawyers Board of Regents "2015 Litigator Award" featured on CNN and "Best Law Firms in America" 2015-2018. She and her firm have achieved an AV rating, the highest given, by Martindale Hubbell. She is the Founder and Host of the "Raising the Bar" Greater RVA Law Talk Radio Show and Director of the Quinn Law Centers at Locke & Quinn including the Women’s Injury Law Center, the Adoption & Surrogacy Law Center, and the QLC Internship program.

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Description

ART continue to evolve and present complex issues for practitioners. Understanding the underlying medical technologies from surrogacy to In vitro fertilization is now more critical than ever. Not every ART practice is legal in every jurisdiction and could result in claims of negligence or fraud.

Defining the nature and substance of the results of ART is not merely a matter of private contract alone, creating uncertainty when attempting to document the rights of the respective parties to use and control those ART results. LaPage appears poised to have a profound effect on individuals, lawyers, and businesses in Alabama and on contracts governed by Alabama law, and to be influential in other jurisdictions.

Outside Alabama, counsel must ensure that all prerequisites are addressed before contract drafting and must map out in advance how parentage will be secured for the intended parents as well as the impact of marriage (or lack of) and divorce.

Listen as our panel of ART law experts discusses the technologies and legal issues and provides solutions to the challenges facing practitioners in this field.

Outline

  1. Background on ART
    • IUI, IVF
    • Sperm, egg, and embryo donation
    • Surrogacy
    • Postmortem retrieval and posthumous conception
  2. LaPage and its impact
  3. Contract drafting
  4. Parental rights
    • Overriding presumptions
    • LGBTQ+ legal considerations
  5. Potential claims against ART providers
    • Negligence/applicate duty and standard of care
    • Fraud/other misrepresentation

Benefits

The panel will review these and other relevant matters:

  • Developing familiarity with ART law
  • Understanding the science needed to analyze the issues
  • Recognizing complex questions of parental rights
  • Drafting strategies and avoiding pitfalls