Buchholz Adoption & Surrogacy Law

Rachel Kalmi _{on Google}

Apr 17th, 2020

Thank you to our lawyer John Buchholz for making our secondparent adoption such an easy experience! My wife and I had a daughter in December and despite both our names being on the birth certificate, we wanted to take the next step to protect our family for the future. I'm so glad we found John because he made what could sound like a daunting task, manageable and easy. We would definitely recommend him to everyone!

Lena Romeo _{on Google}

Apr 9th, 2022

It's taken me a lot of internal struggle to write this review (I've honestly never written one before), but ultimately I've come to the conclusion that it's important that nobody else gets into the same situation that my husband and I have been in. We are intended parents in a surrogacy journey and we came to John for both our Gestational Carrier Agreement and our Parentage Agreement/Pre-Birth Order. During our time working with John, he lacked communication and we would often go for weeks without communication. He also failed to meet deadlines on submitting important documents, which almost caused us to miss our transfer date. John apologized for this lack of communication and assured us he would "do better" if we hired him again for our Parentage Agreement/Pre-Birth Order. Once we hired John a second time, we experienced the same negligence and would ghost us for weeks at a time. He would tell us that he would have our drafts ready to go by a certain date, but that day would come and go with no word. This got to the point that our GC's lawyers became involved in trying to get ahold of him. Then, John finally reached out to us letting us know he couldn't provide services and that we should seek other council. He said a refund was on the way, but a week later we hadn't received a refund. I called Square to inquire whether a refund had been initiated and it hadn't. In the end, our new lawyer had to get involved so that John would pay us back.

Marilyn Rosendahl _{on Google}

Jan 9th, 2020

I highly recommend John Buchholz for your surrogacy lawyer. He is generous with his time, quick and responsive, and an empathetic "active listener". His business policies, procedures, and technology applications make the administrative aspects quite easy. He is experienced and personable - a strong advocate to have in your corner. Personally, I cannot say enough about John. I know you will find working with him great, too.

Anna Kalmi _{on Google}

Aug 15th, 2019

John Buchholz was recommended to our family through the Queer Birth Project for secondparent adoption. John was a helpful attorney through the process and made it a personal experience for us.

D Girard _{on Google}

Mar 2nd, 2019

Not only were John's rates cheaper by far than any other adoption lawyer / attorney we spoke with, his level of service was exceptionally higher than we dared hope.
When we went to John, we didn't have a whole lot of hope for getting our family situation figured out and getting my adoption of our boys completed. John made the process clear, affordable, and gave us that hope. When the judge (thankfully now retired) threw a wrench in the proceedings, John helped us and reassured us that he would keep working to figure things out.
I'm not going to go into detail on my family's case - but I really want anyone reading this to understand that John went well out of his way to make certain we got the end result that we needed. Thanks for everything, John!