Reviews

We are incredibly grateful to have had Melissa Brisman by our side throughout our surrogacy journeys. From the very beginning, she has been more than just our lawyer – she has been our advocate, advisor, and friend. Melissa went above and beyond to support us, guiding us with both legal expertise andgenuine compassion, especially during challenging moments. Her dedication, kindness, and understanding made all the difference, and we couldn’t imagine going through these processes without her. If you’re looking for a lawyer who truly cares, look no further than Melissa Brisman. Pavel Gonzalez

Melissa and her team provided my partner and I (international IPs both in the UK) with legal support during our second surrogacy journey in the US. At the start, she clearly laid out the steps involved, process, timings and her fees. Throughout the process she was very responsive and always available to answer any questions that we had. Thanks to Melissa we had a smooth journey and the pre birth order, post birth order and birth certificates were all obtained in good time. Thank you Melissa for all of your help! We would fully recommend Melissa for any IPs who need legal support during the surrogacy journey.

Melissa and her team helped us to have all our paperwork done in record time! We are a Spanish couple so it was even more difficult our case, but with their support, everything went smoothly! From the court order to the birth certificate filling and other required official documentation, everything went perfectly so we could have our baby registered, and with no issues. I extremely recommend her services, always replying immediately to any request and supporting us with any incidence that may appear! Great service!

We highly recommend Attorney Brisman and her team. They helped us with everything from drafting contracts with our surrogate to securing the birth orders. Always responsive and efficient, their team provided a welcoming and judgment-free service at an affordable price. We felt supported every step of the way. Big thanks to Attorney Brisman and her team for making our journey to parenthood a success

We have been working with Melissa Brisman and her team since 2018 and we have entrusted her to be our Reproductive attorney for five different embryo donations. Melissa has advocated for our rights to ensure that each contract was executed successfully and in a timely manner. Melissa is extremely knowledgeable, easy to work with, highly responsive and very efficient with contract revisions. If you are embryo donors (or recipients) we would highly recommend Melissa Brisman as your legal representative.

My husband and I are a same-sex couple that went through two surrogacy journeys. Melissa was our lawyer to ensure that both of our children's' birth certificates showed the legal parents as my husband and myself and no one else. She was professional and caring and made what could have been a very complicated process, very simple for us, including securing all of the required court orders to following up with the delivery hospital to make sure they understood and were on board with the situation when they were filling out the required paperwork. Melissa had such a great reputation in this space that when agencies would find out that Melissa was representing us, they knew we were in good hands. Bringing babes into this world is so stressful and emotional that it was comforting to have Melissa and her team on our side (we used her twice for that very reason)!

Melissa Brisman is hands down worth every penny as a Reproductive Lawyer. She is extremely responsive, detail oriented, passionate about helping her clients, and also charges A LOT LESS compared to other lawyers in New York! She literally responds within 10-15 minutes of me emailing her, and is not focused on making money only. She is focused on the client and meeting all of their needs. I give her top ratings, and would give her 10 stars out of 5 if I could!!!

Melissa and her team were AMAZING! They walked me through the entire process with our adoption, were compassionate and understanding, communicated every step of the way what was happening, flexible with days and times to meet, and extremely professional and responsive the entire time. I highly recommend working with Melissa and her wonderful team! They were not only knowledgeable, but truly so friendly and warm during each interaction.

Melissa and her team were a pleasure to work with during a stressful and emotional time for my husband and I. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and very knowledgeable on all aspects of surrogacy law. She was kind, considerate and very dedicated to her work. Melissa was always quick to respond to anything including answering questions and completing any documentation. Highly recommend her!

We hired Melissa to help us on our surrogacy journey in MA. Because of her we could grow our family safely. She got us the pre birth parentage order smoothly. She is the perfect match for you to have a safe trip to parenthood using surrogacy. Surrogacy laws are different from state to state and even appear sometimes different from county to county - With regard to this Melissa knows it all in the states she is licensed in . Especially her big network in that field of family building is unique and very helpful. Melissa was always available for us in stressful times and our questions were answered within minutes personally. We strongly recommend her and are looking forward to working with her again ! Brilliant woman!

As soon as I knew surrogacy was going to be the path for me, I started hearing recommendations for Melissa Brisman to be my lawyer, from various sources. I can completely understand why her name came up so often as the best choice for a lawyer in this field. As a first time intended parent, I have considered myself extremely fortunate to have Melissa Brisman as my attorney. From the very beginning I knew that she would be the best fit for me. I am so grateful to her for all she has done to develop the contract between me and my gestational carrier, reach out to various people involved to ensure everything is completed properly, file for the birth order, ensure the hospital plan is in place, etc. She is extremely efficient and everything was done with great care. She is also very responsive to emails and has been so willing to answer every question I had along the way. I always felt that I was in good hands with her throughout the entire process. She is so on top of each step of the process and would reach out to me often, not only to describe each task that needed to be completed, but also to check how things were going with my gestational carrier’s pregnancy. I was never left wondering what needed to be done next, which really put my mind at ease. I felt very much cared about, which meant so much to me. Surrogacy can be extremely complicated and stressful, but Melissa Brisman made each step manageable for me. She is truly the most thorough, knowledgeable and understanding lawyer. I highly recommend her to anyone who will be entering a surrogacy journey. You will be happy and lucky to have her on your team!