Attorney Profiles

Steven M. Kirsh practicing in adoption law.

Adoption
Birth Mothers
Pregnant? Considering Options
How Adoptive Parents are Selected

Areas of Practice

• 100% Adoption

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 1979

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Law Review: Indiana School of Law - Law Review
  
  
• Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1976
  A.B.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Honors: High Honors
  Major: History
  
  

References

• National Bank of Indianapolis

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Adoption Law in Indiana, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, May 21, 2009 and June 10, 2009
• Contested Adoptions How to Avoid, Try, and Appeal, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, January 26, 2006
• Termination of Parental Rights, Indiana Continuing Education Foundation, October 1, 2004
• Adoptions and Contested Issues, Indiana Continuing Education Foundation, January 30, 2003
• Adoption Law Overview and Update, Indiana Judicial Conference, 2003
• Adoption Law, Indiana Continuing Education Foundation, June 22, 1999
• Adoption Laws and Procedures, Indiana Continuing Education Foundation, April 23, 1997
• Disrupted Adoptions, Indiana Continuing Education Foundation, January 11, 1996
• Adoption Issues, Indiana Judicial Conference, September 22, 1994
• Adoption Law, Continuing Legal Education Foundation, February 23, 1990
• Adoptions & Guardianships for Legal Support Staff, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, August 22, 1987

Honors and Awards

• Phi Delta Phi (President, Wilkie Inn), 1979
• Phi Delta Phi Graduate of the Year, 1979
• Wall Street Journal Award For Excellence in Business Tax Law, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, 1991 - 1992
  President
  
  
• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, 1993 - Present
  Treasurer
  
  
• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, 1990 - 1997
  Trustee
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Marion County Prosecutor's Office, Part-Time Deputy Prosecutor, 1980 - 1981
• Dann Pecar Newman Talesnick & Kleinman, Associate Attorney, 1979 - 1980

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Birth Information

• 1954, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America