About
Doug Donnelly is an lawyer specializing in adoption regulation and guardianships. He is also an adopting figure, writer, and lecturer. He has practiced adoption law for over forty years, and has handled over 4000 adoptions. He has spoken on prison issues associated with adoption law at legal gatherings at some point of the USA, and handles adoption instances statewide in the course of California. He changed into the writer of A Guide to Adoption, and co-creator of The Complete Adoption Handbook. He has testified numerous instances earlier than committees of the California legislature, and has written several payments concerning adoption regulation, that have been enacted and grow to be California law. He has additionally handled contested adoption complaints in any respect tiers as much as and which includes the California Supreme Court, and turned into a hit because the lead attorney in two landmark Supreme Court decisions. He has been AV rated via Martindale Hubbell for over twenty years, gained the Client Champion Award from that employer, and has additionally been offered an A+ score via the Better Business Bureau. He is a past-President of the Academy of California Adoption Lawyers, and a Charter has club of the American Academy of Adoption Lawyers. › ›
Location
Legal Issues
- Adoption Law
- Guardianship Law
Costs
Certificates
Academy of California Adoption Lawyers
Chairman, Ethics Committee
Academy of California Adoption Lawyers
Chairman, Ethics Committee
American Academy of Adoption Lawyers
Fellow
American Academy of Adoption Lawyers
Languages
Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience
- Owner
Law Offices of Douglas R. Donnelly
1989 - Partner
Donnelly, Schlottman & Nichols, Lawyers at Law
1977
Educations

Graduation year: 1974

Graduation year: 1970