Janene Oleaga began Oleaga Law, LLC to provide legal services to Intended Parents wishing to grow their family through assisted reproductive technology or adoption, and Gestational Carriers, Surrogates, Egg Donors and Sperm Donors helping families fulfill these dreams. She grew up on Long Island, New York and attended Loyola University in Maryland before graduating from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. She practiced family law in New York, and criminal defense in Tennessee, before moving to Maine where she lives today with her husband and two daughters. She is admitted to the bar in Maine and New York. Janene Oleaga presented with Equality Maine, a non-profit working to secure full equality for LGBTQ+ individuals in Maine, and have advocated with RESOLVE for legislative changes supporting LGBTQ+ individuals on both state and federal levels. She is a member of the American Bar Association Reproductive Technology Committee and Adoption Committee, the Maine State Bar Association, the Cumberland County Bar Association, and RESOLVE New England.