There is no greater reward than parenting and building a family. One way of family building isthrough adoption - a wonderful, rewarding process for those unable to have children or those to seekto build their family through adoption. Whether your plans to adopt are based upon fertilityproblems or for other reasons, your parenting dreams can be realized. Adoption is a positiveexperience for both the adoptive parents and the birth parents when you realize the focus is the child.As an Adoptive Parent and Adoption Attorney, I am in a unique position to understand what you aregoing through physically, mentally, and emotionally and what should be expected of your attorney.It is my goal to do everything possible to find a wonderful life for each child through adoption. Mywife and I began our adoption journey in January of 1997. On November 8, 1997, our "LittleAngel" was born. It is simply amazing the effect a new life has on your life.In 1997, I began my adoption practice and have worked on adoptions in 48 states. I haveparticipated in over 1200 adoptions. I handle cases throughout the States of California and Texas.I represent adopted parents and birth mothers. I also receive court appointments in Child ProtectiveServices cases to represent the mother, father, or child. I am a member of the followingorganizations:* State Bar of California* Sacramento County Bar Association* Eastern District* State Bar of Texas* Academy of California Adoption Lawyers (ACAL)* California Academy of Family Formation Attorneys (CAFFA)