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Emily Dudak Leiter
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Biography
Emily is a persistent and compassionate advocate for our clients. She strives to be creative and pragmatic in her work on behalf of children and families. She has a special interest in helping immigrant children and LGBTQ families. She was the lead attorney in a 2014 appeal in Wisconsin about applying the marital presumption of parentage to married same-sex couples post-marriage equality. She represents children and families all over the world in immigration, adoption, and assisted reproduction matters.
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Licensed in Wisconsin for 20 years
State: Wisconsin
Acquired: 2005
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Location
The Law Center, S.C.
433 W Washington Ave Suite 300, Madison, WI, 53703
The Law Center, S.C.
602 Pleasant Oak Dr., Oregon, WI, 53575
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Experience
Honors
2018
President's Award, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA)
2016
Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society, Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society
Work Experience
2005 - Present
Partner/Attorney, The Law Center, S.C.
2004 - 2005
Extern to Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, Wisconsin Supreme Court
2003 - 2004
Extern to the Honorable Sarah Vance, U.S. District Court of Eastern District of Louisiana
2003 - 2004
Law Clerk, Burasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C.
Associations
2011 - Present
American Academy of Adoption AttorneysFellow
State Bar of Wisconsin
Board of the Children in Law Section
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member
National LGBT Bar Association
Member
Sample of Legal Cases
Torres Vs. Seemeyer
Victory
Education
2005
Tulane University Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
2000
Arizona State University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2019
Mid-Year AAAA Conference
“The Hague Treaty, Parentage, and Citizenship Issues with the State Department"
2018
Annual AAAA Conference
“The Problem of U.S. Citizenship Law in International Surrogacy and ART: Is a Solution Coming?”
2014
AAAA Webinar
"Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: What Adoption and Family Law Attorneys Need to Know and How They Can Help."
2013
AAAA Mid-Year conference
“International ARTs and Immigration: Time for a Treaty?”
Publications
2019
Wisconsin State Bar Children & the Law Section Blog
Big Changes Considered in Wisconsin TPR and Adoption Law
2017
Wisconsin State Bar Book
Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption
2017
Wisconsin State Bar Book
Advising the Evolving Family, formerly “Sexual Orientation and the Law
2015
AAAA Position Paper
AAAA Position Paper
Languages
English