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ADOPTION & ART ATTORNEYS IN MARYLAND, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA & VIRGINIA

ADOPTION & ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY (ART) ATTORNEYS

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    Catelyn Slattery

    Catelyn is a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys ("AAAA") and a member of the Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia bars, where she has represented countless birth parents in adoption plans as well as representing adopting parents across all three jurisdictions.  Catelyn focuses in the area of family building, estate matters and children’s rights. She is a native Washingtonian and graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in English Literature.  She handles LGBTQ cases involving step parent, second parent and parentage matters and is highly regarded locally as one of the best adoption attorneys in the area. 

     

    Catelyn has her J.D. from New England School of Law in Boston.  While in law school, Catelyn focused her education on family law and the rights of children.  She helped start the Education Law and Policy Association at New England Law.  She was also a member of the Family Law Society and Children’s Law Society.


    In law school, Catelyn received a mediation award and a CALI Award for Trial Practice.  She also worked as a law clerk at Children’s Legal Services in Boston.  In this capacity, she worked with children in the foster care system.  Catelyn attended Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings with her clients as an Educational Advocate.  She had the opportunity to assist in several court investigations and attended hearings for clients ranging from truancy to termination of parental rights.


    During her law school summer, Catelyn worked with First Star, a national non-profit which advocates for the rights of children in the foster care system.  Catelyn has a passion for working with children and seeing that all children have a safe and happy home.


    In her spare time, Catelyn participates with the Montgomery County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Program handling divorces for pro bono clients.

    Catelyn Slattery
    • Catelyn has attended the following trainings and Continuing Legal Education seminars:

      • Ethical Tools to Defuse Incivility
      • The Rita Rosenkrantz Family Law Training
      • Special Education and Medicaid Fair Hearing
    • Catelyn is a member of the following:

      • Adopt Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys 
      • Admitted to the Maryland Bar
      • Admitted to the Virginia State Bar
      • Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar
      • Member of the American Bar Association
      • Member of the Maryland State Bar Association
      • Member of the DC Bar
      • Member of the Virginia Bar Association
      • Member of the Bar Association of Montgomery County
      • Member of the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland
      • Member of the Women's Bar Association - Montgomery County Chapter
      • Member of the Family Law Sections of the Bar Association of Montgomery County and Maryland State Bar Association
      • Member of the Education Law Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County
      • Member of the Juvenile Law Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County
    • Reading Recommendations:

      20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge


      Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent, by Lois Ruskai Melina


      Talking to Your Child About Adoption, Patricia Martinez Dorner


      Making Sense of Adoption, A Parents Guide, Lois Ruskai Melina


      Dialogues About Adoption: Conversations Between Parents and Their Children, Linda Bothum


      Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self,by David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schecter and Robin Marantz Henig


      The Family of Adoption, by Joyce Maguire Pavao Taking with Young Children About Adoption, Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher


      Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child, Holly van Gulden and LIsa M. Bartels-Rabb

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