Melissa Brisman graduated Valedictorian from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School.Melissa is licensed to practice in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and is a licensed certified public accountant.
Melissa Brisman first started helping couples become parents of miracle babies in *** she was her own first client, guiding and directing the process in which she and her husband Dan became parents of twin boys carried by a gestational carrier.A few years later, they had a daughter carried by another gestational carrier.
Melissa's excellent reputation is based on her compassion and empathy for each intended parent.Her expansive knowledge and experience has allowed her to create an agency staff that is prepared to successfully help parents build their family.Melissa is considered a true pioneer in this field who advocates for changes in the law in this area and lectures to physicians, potential parents, universities, and lawyers around the world.
Melissa has been a keynote speaker at numerous events and organizational activities and for prestigious institutions across the country including the New Jersey Society for Reproductive Nursing Specialists, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Cornell Hospital and the Donor Egg Conference held each year in Charleston, South Carolina.Melissa is on the board of the American Fertility Association, Fertile Dreams and Conceive Magazine.She is the legal advisor and a Board Member of Parents Via Egg Donation (PVED).Melissa is a professional member of Resolve, the American Bar Association-Family Law Section-Reproductive and Genetic Technology Committee (ABA), the Egg Donation and Surrogacy Professional Organization (EDSPA), the Organization of Parents Through Surrogacy (OPTS), The Embracing Hope Scholarship Committee and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).Melissa was the recipient of the *** Star of Resolve Award and is a chapter author of Reproductive Medicine Secrets by Zev Rosenwaks.In *** Melissa B.Brisman's law firm, Melissa B.Brisman, Esq., LLC, was named as a finalist for the prestigious *** Forbes Enterprise Award.Melissa is also the author of numerous articles on the subjects of gestational carriers and reproductive law.
