Frost Brown Todd Partner Selected for Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys Fel...

Frost Brown Todd (FBT) Partner Vivian Basdekis has been selected as a Dual Fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA). This prestigious honor recognizes Basdekis's extensive experience and high ethical standards in the practice of adoption law and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) law.

AAAA is a global organization that includes 470 attorneys, law professors, and judges who are recognized as Fellows. These Fellows are legal thought leaders and are a highly vetted and experienced group located around the world. Admission to AAAA as a Fellow is a selective process that requires at least five years of legal practice, at least 50 adoption or ART matters, a referral for admission by a current AAAA member, and rigorous review for high ethical standards and competency by the AAAA Board of Trustees.

Based in FBT's Charleston, West Virginia office, Basdekis has performed hundreds of interstate and West Virginia adoptions and surrogacies. She represents intended parents and gestational carriers in the negotiation and drafting of gestational surrogacy agreements. She also frequently represents national and international clients in West Virginia court proceedings to obtain pre-birth, post-birth, and parentage orders.