Law Practice
Nov. 9, 2012
New surrogacy law helps parties, lawyers
A bill that went into effect last month enables women who offer to carry a child for another couple to obtain their own legal counsel to protect them through the process.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Attorney Fred Silberberg, founding partner of Silberberg & Ross LLP, said a woman recently called him at his Beverly Hills office, trying to negotiate terms with a couple who were using her as a gestational surrogate.
"There was only one lawyer involved," Silberberg recalled. "I asked if she had her own lawyer, and she said this lawyer said the parents aren't going to pay for th...
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