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also known as Liz Vaysman
Elizabeth (Liz) Vaysman is a family law attorney with over a decade of experience helping clients navigate the complexities of adoption and assisted reproduction. Liz guides clients with warmth and expertise, drawing on experience working with both adoption and surrogacy agencies, as well as years in private practice supporting clients in their unique family-building journeys.
In navigating assisted reproduction, Liz advises intended parents, surrogates, donors and agencies on the legal requirements for enforceable arrangements, drafts surrogacy and donor contracts and completes legal proceedings to confirm parental rights. With experience in matrimonial law, Liz has a nuanced perspective on the impact of assisted reproduction on modern families. She counsels clients on protecting their embryos in marriage and creating a plan for ant future use of genetic material. When considering adoption, Liz counsels adoptive parents, birth parents and agencies through informed and compliant adoption legal plans, ensuring all parties proceed with clarity and understanding.
Liz is active in the state and federal policy landscape surrounding adoption, assisted reproduction and women’s health.
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Acquired: 2024
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State: New York
Acquired: 2023
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State: Pennsylvania
Acquired: 2015
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1617 JFK Boulevard, 20th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19103
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Posted by Annie | April 10, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Adoption
A Baby Step Adoption
As a Pennsylvania licensed adoption agency, we have collaborated frequently with Liz Vaysman. She is dedicated, thorough, and a pleasure to work with!
Posted by Angelo Stromlan | April 09, 2024 | Hired Attorney
Cons: Defensiveness, an inability to listen, and a combative atmosphere
We were quite disappointed in our interactions with Liz Vaysman. We contracted her for a consultation phone call, which was a limited engagement, of which we were entirely aware of. In our experience, if you hire Liz, be prepared for defensiveness, an inability to listen, and a combative atmosphere ...
Posted by anonymous | January 14, 2021 | Hired Attorney
Amiable yet professional and knowledgeable. Couldn't recommend enough!
Liz was awesome to work with. Extremely nice yet knowledgeable, fair, and professional. Would definitely recommend to others and would work with again in a second.
Posted by Ashley | October 28, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Adoption
Highly Recommend
We are so grateful to Liz for all that she did to welcome our little girl into our family! I highly recommend Liz to anyone looking for an adoption attorney. She's incredibly thorough and helpful throughout the process. I will never forget our first phone conversation when she went through every s...
Posted by anonymous | October 25, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Adoption
5 stars all around
my Husband and I hired Liz to assist with our domestic adoption and were beyond impressed with the service that we received. Liz got to know us on a personal level and always made us feel comfortable. She is caring, compassionate and truly cares about the work that she does. Adoption can be scary, in...
"I know Elizabeth Vaysman through the legal community. She is extremely knowledgeable and hardworking. Her clients love her and I can see why. While she has vast knowledge and experience, she is also approachable, down to earth, and kind. I fully endorse this attorney!"
"I endorse this lawyer. I have known Elizabeth Vaysman since her pre-law school days. She worked at my adoption agencies as a caseworker and later as a lawyer. She runs an independent law practice specializing in family formation and reproductive law. Elizabeth is very professional, reliable, efficient, and hardworking. Best of all, she is very caring."
Social Security & Disability lawyer
2019
Pro Bono Publico Award – Family Juvenile Division, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
2026 - Present
Attorney, Foster + Bloom Family Formation Law Group
2015 - Present
Child Advocate Attorney, Support Center For Child Advocates
2024 - 2026
In-House Counsel, ConceiveAbilities
2021 - 2023
Associate, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, LLP
2019 - 2021
Owner and Attorney, Vaysman Legal LLC
2014 - 2019
Attorney, A Baby Step Adoption
2019 - Present
Legal Clinic for the DisabledExecutive Board Member
2019 - Present
Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction AttorneysFellow
2015 - Present
Philadelphia Bar AssociationMember
2014
JD - Juris Doctor
2010
BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration
2021
2020
2019
2023
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