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Emily Doskow
About Emily
Biography
I have been serving the LGBT community in the Bay Area for over 17 years, helping families protect their rights through adoptions, domestic partnership consultations, and formation and dissolution of legal relationships.
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Licensed in California for 36 years
State: California
Acquired: 1989
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Emily Doskow
1010 Grayson St #2, Berkeley, CA, 94710
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Emily Doskow's Lawyer Endorsements
"I endorse this lawyer. I have worked for and worked with Emily Doskow and have great respect for her work. She is a highly skilled mediator who has the ability to put all around her at ease. You are in good hands with Emily as your attorney."
"I am also Emily's friend and endorse her as a mediator as well as an adoption lawyer. Emily has been on the cutting edge of parenting law for as long as I have known her and is dedicated to solving problems for couples and families through mediation. Emily is also a great writer and has authored and/or edited a number of terrific Nolo Press books to help people get through a divorce, work with a mediator, etc. Emily is smart, fair, honest, reasonable, creative and is constantly striving to improve the practice of law and to improve the quality of the experience of those who use the legal system--with or without lawyers. Emily is truly a light in our community, and a leader. "
Deborah Wald
Family lawyer
Experience
Honors
2000
Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service, 1992-2000,
1993
Firm of the Year, AIDS Legal Referral Panel
Work Experience
2003 - Present
Author and Legal Editor, Nolo
1994 - Present
Owner, Law Office of Emily Doskow
1989 - 1993
Partner, Doskow & Schwarzschild
Associations
2006 - Present
National Center for Lesbian RightsMember, Board of Directors
2001 - 2003
Association for Dispute Resolution of Northern CaliforniaMember, Board of Directors
Education
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University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
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Univ of California Santa Cruz
Speaking Engagements
2006
Same-Sex Adoption Workshop
Adoption for Same-Sex Couples
2006
LGBT Center
Issues for Same-Sex Couples Dissolving Relationships
2001
Continuing Education of the Bar
Counseling Unmarried Couples
Publications
2010
Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce
Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce
2007
Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples
Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples
2005
How to Change Your Name in California
How to Change Your Name in California
2005
The Guardianship Book for California
The Guardianship Book for California
2004
Do Your Own California Adoption: A Guide for Stepparents and Domestic Partners
Do Your Own California Adoption
1999
Journal of Juvenile Law
The Second-Parent Trap: Parenting for Same-Sex Couples in a Brave New World
1999
San Francisco Attorney
The Evolution of the Second Parent