Attorney Casey Copps DiPaola is a Partner at Copps DiPaola Silverman, where she represents clients in all areas of assisted reproduction law, including gestational surrogacy. Casey, who lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children, is licensed to practice law in New York, Vermont, and New Jersey, and has extensive experience helping clients build their families through gamete/embryo donation, adoption, assisted reproduction, and surrogacy. Casey has been a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (“AAAA”) since 2015 and the President of New York Attorneys for Adoption & Family Formation (“NYAAFF”) since 2019. She also serves as pro bono counsel for the Pride Center of the Capital Region. Casey is also the founder and Director of Intended Parent Services for the New York Surrogacy Center, which is a surrogacy matching program located in Albany, New York.

Attorney Joe Williams is an Attorney at Copps DiPaola Silverman, representing clients in all areas of assisted reproduction law, including gestational surrogacy. Joe, who lives in upstate New York with his boyfriend and five rescue dogs, is licensed to practice law in New York, and has extensive experience helping clients build their families through gamete/embryo donation, adoption, assisted reproduction and surrogacy. Joe helped write the law on surrogacy and parentage in New York, and is a foremost authority on surrogacy and assisted reproduction in that State. Joe is also a member and advocate of the LGBTQI+ community, involved in several organizations and initiatives to obtain and protect the rights of LGBTQI+ individuals and families. Joe obtained his law degree from Albany Law School, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and obtained his undergraduate degree from Manhattan College, where he graduated with Highest Honors. Joe is also the founder and Director of Surrogacy Services for the New York Surrogacy Center, which is a surrogacy matching program located in Albany, New York.