Donald B. Sherer, . Attorney at Law

    Experience

    2003-2007 State Representative, elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives
    • member Select Committee on Children; General Law Committee; Higher Education Committee (ranking member)
    • Foster Care to Adoption Task Force (lead member)

    Honors - 2006 "Angel in Adoption" designation awarded by U. S. Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.

    1974 - Present
    GENERAL PRACTICE OF LAW (STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT)
    Practice includes Adoption and Reproductive Technology Law, Residential and Commercial Real Estate transactions; title searching and title law; Civil and Criminal litigation; contract law.

    Member of Connecticut and New York Bars; Admitted to Federal Courts of Connecticut and New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court; American Bar Association; American Trial lawyers Association

    Martindale-Hubbell Attorney rating: Bv

    Fellow of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys

    Consulting & Lecture Experience

    Advisor to the Connecticut Law Revision Commission of the Connecticut General Assembly, Assisted Reproductive Technology Committee regarding the drafting of "An Act Concerning Gestational Agreements"

    Consultant to the New York State Surrogate Judges Assembly, Connecticut State Legislators, Connecticut Probate Courts and medical and legal professionals on various aspects of Adoption Law and related fields; RESOLVE (infertility support group)

    Speaker at adoption symposiums sponsored by Sorono laboratories, Inc.

    Education

    BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,
    JURIS DOCTOR, 1974
    Dean's List, Received Book Prize for excellence in Criminal Law.

    UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, STORRS, CONNECTICUT,
    B.A. (POL.SCI.) 1969
    Dean's list, President's Roll, Chairman of President's Committee for off campus living.


    1010 Summer Street, Suite 101
    Stamford, Connecticut 06905
    Phone: 203.327.2084     . Facsimile: 203.325.8624