Marla Neufeld

Overview

Marla Neufeld is a partner in Greenspoon Marder’s Surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology practice group, which she founded, and represents parties working with a surrogate, egg, sperm or embryo donor. Ms. Neufeld experienced her own infertility journey for many years and ultimately worked with a gestational surrogate to build her own family. She co-authored a book published by the American Bar Association titled, The ABA Guide to Assisted Reproduction: Techniques, Legal Issues and Pathways to Success and was the winner of the Law360, Distinguished Legal Writing Awards, Burton Awards- for her article she co-authored titled, The A, B, Cs (along with CDCs and FDAs) of Regulatory Implications over Assisted Reproductive Technology” published in the ABA Health Law Journal, December 2019.

Drawing from her own personal journey with infertility and the use of a gestational surrogate, Ms. Neufeld utilizes her transactional law background and combines it with her compassion and understanding of the surrogacy and adoption process. She focuses on helping others start a family using the available third-party reproductive technologies and adoption laws. Legal services offered include representation on behalf of intended parents, surrogates, egg, sperm, and embryo donation agreements, finalization of parental right proceedings and adoption proceedings in Florida (same-sex adoptions, step-parent adoptions and second-parent adoptions).

Ms. Neufeld is honored to represent married couples, both heterosexual and same-sex couples and individuals seeking to utilize various reproductive technologies. She treats each client with her own experience in mind and is sensitive to the fact that reproductive technology and the adoption process can be intimidating and overwhelming which she can help guide clients through.

Ms. Neufeld, a dedicated member of the Nova Southeastern University College of Law Board of Governors, has played a pivotal role in fostering communication and connectivity within the board by initiating and managing their newsletter, “Board Brief.” Her contributions extend beyond the newsletter, as she consistently authors insightful articles and engaging interview discussions featuring current board members and NSU law students.

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Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Bar Admissions

Florida

Education

J.D., University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, 2007
- Inter-American Law Review, Staff Editor
- Author, “Official Language A,B,C’s”
B.A., American University, 2003

Experience

Professional and Community Involvement

Nova Southeastern University College of Law Board of Governors, Member
South Florida Exploratory Committee Member and Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami Dade reproductive attorney exploratory committee member for the Jewish Fertility Foundation, providing financial assistance, emotional support, and educational programming to Jewish people with medical infertility.
American Society for Reproductive Medicine Legal Professional Group, Member
American Bar Association’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Committee, Member
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Ghost Light Society Member and Former Executive Committee
Emerge Broward, Former Connect Co-Chair and Former Executive Board Member
Men Having Babies
- Membership Benefit Program Participant
- GPAP Participant
University of Miami School of Law Alumni Association

Speaking Engagement

Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, Ep. 13 – Why an Intended Parent May Need to Pursue Surrogacy Medically,” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, October 17, 2024
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, Ep. 12 – “What an Agency Looks for When Picking a Surrogate,” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, September 24, 2024
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, Ep. 11 – What Goes into a Donor Mental Health Evaluation,” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, August 20, 2024
Speaker, “Reproductive Health Resilience: Stories from a Pre-Roe and Post-Roe World,” League of Woman Votes Virtual Panel, July 10, 2024
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, EP 10 – Can I Receive Pumped Breast Milk from My Surrogate?“, The Surrogacy Space Podcast, June 14, 2024
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, EP 9 – Peripartum Depression,” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, June 10, 2024
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, EP 8 – ‘Fertility Within Reach’ Advocating for Fertility Health Care,” June 5, 2024
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, EP 7 – Can a Family Member Act as a Surrogate in FL,” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, May 16, 2024
Featured Speaker, “Alabama’s Supreme Court Decision Regarding Personhood Status of Frozen Embryos and its Impact on the Future of In Vitro Fertilization in Florida and the United States,” Webinar, April 2, 2024
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, EP 4 – Working with a Surrogate in Florida with Marla Neufeld, Esq.” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, February 29, 2024
Speaker, “EP #190: The Art of Empathetic Surrogacy Law with Attorney Marla Neufeld” Good Neighbor Podcast: Cooper City, January 4, 2023
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, EP 3 – Stepparent Adoption with Marla Neufeld, Esq. and Myrna Maysonet, Esq.” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, December 19, 2023
Speaker, “ART Committee Brown Bag,” American Bar Association, December 14, 2023
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, EP 2 – Estate Planning with Marla Neufeld, Esq. and Alan Cohn, Esq.” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, November 28, 2023
Speaker, “The Surrogacy Space, EP 1 – Welcome to The Surrogacy Space with Marla Neufeld, Esq,” The Surrogacy Space Podcast, November 28, 2023
Speaker, “NSU University School Experimental Learning Legal Education Internship Program,” Nova Southeastern University, September 20, 2023
Speaker, “Modern family: I had my dead son’s baby at 68,” The Slow Newscast, July 11, 2023
Speaker, “Surrogacy 101: The Basics of Using a Gestational Carrie r,” Jewish Fertility Foundation, February 17, 2023
Speaker, NSU University School Experiential Learning Legal Education Internship Program, Nova Southeastern University, October 10, 2022
Speaker, “Overview on Florida Surrogacy and Third Party Assisted Reproduction Laws,” Nicklaus Children’s Hospital & Victor Center, April 6, 2022
Speaker, “Law Education Internship Speaker Series,” NSU University School, September 2021
Speaker, “The Payne Hicks Beach” Podcast, June 28, 2021
Speaker, “Overview of Embryo Donation,” GM Webinar, June 10, 2021
Speaker, “Legal Panel,” Men Having Babies Florida Conference, February 27, 2021
Speaker, “Third-party Reproduction: Sperm, egg, and embryo donation and surrogacy” Webinar, BioJur, February 5, 2021
Speaker, “Family Formation Panel Event,” Child Advocacy and Family Law Society at the University of Miami School of Law, October 13, 2020
Speaker, “Important Legal Updates Impacting the LGBTQIA Community,” GM Webinar, August 20, 2020
Speaker, “Overview on Laws Relating to Third Party Reproduction,” Resolve National Infertility Association Monthly Meeting, October 16, 2019
Speaker at the 20th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, “Third Party Assisted Reproduction and Health Law Implications,” ABA Health Law Section, March 13-16, 2019, Orlando, Florida
Speaker for American Bar Association Webinar, “Regulatory and Privacy Issues in Assisted Reproductive Technology,” ABA, December 13, 2018
Speaker, “Legal Panel,” Men Having Babies Florida Conference, June 9, 2018
Speaker, “Meet Surrogacy & Third Party Reproduction Attorney: Marla Neufeld, Esq.,” INCIID, March 21, 2018
Speaker, “Legal Implications Relating to Third Party Assisted Reproduction,” Broward County Matrimonial Lawyers’ Luncheon, February 6, 2018
Speaker, “Assisted Reproduction Technology Presentation and Q & A,” Women & Children First Bookstore, June 15, 2017
Speaker, “Assisted Reproductive Technology- Issues and Pathways to Success,” Books & Books, March 30, 2017
Speaker, “Panel Discussion on Assisted Reproductive Technology- Issues and Pathways to Success,” Nova Southeastern University Library, January 14, 2017
Speaker, “New Approaches & Challenges to Reproductive Justice,” FIU Law Review Symposium, November 5, 2016
Featured, Radio/TV Show, Community News And Review with Philip Bell, July 14, 2016
Speaker, Boca Raton Synagogue Infertility/Miscarriage Support Group, July 5, 2016
Presenter, Chizuk’s Infertility Support Group, June 1, 2016
Speaker, “Surrogacy and Egg Donation Laws With Trust and Estate Implications,” Estate Planning Council of Broward County, September 2015
Speaker, “Legal Issues Affecting the LGBT Community: Marriage, Adoption, Surrogacy, and Employment Law,” May 14, 2015
Speaker, Broward County Matrimonial Lawyers’ Luncheon, May 5, 2015
Speaker, “So you want to have a baby the “new” old fashion way? An Overview of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Florida through the Eyes of a Couple Seeking to Have a Child,” “Lunch & Learn” Discussion Series, Family Court Services, April 15, 2015
Speaker, “Modern Family Formation: Legal Perspectives on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy,” Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association, February 17, 2015.
Presented, “So you want to have a baby the “new” old fashioned way?,” Assisted Reproductive Technology CLE to Palm Beach Division of Florida Associate of Women Lawyers, November 21, 2014
Presented, “So you want to have a baby the “new” old fashioned way?,” Assisted Reproductive Technology CLE to Dade County Bar, Young Lawyers, October 7, 2014
Presented, “So you want to have a babe the “new” old fashioned way?,” Assisted Reproductive Technology CLE to Broward County Bar, September 10, 2014
Speaker, Resolve infertility support group on surrogacy and personal journey with infertility, April 9, 2014
Presented, “The ‘ART’ of Family Building, Legal Issues Surrounding Assisted Reproductive Technology Law,” CLE to North Dade Bar Association, March 28, 2014

Awards

Recognitions

Super Lawyers Magazine, “Florida Super Lawyers,” Family Law (Surrogacy), 2024
The American Lawyer, “Inaugural List of South Trailblazers” 2021
South Florida Legal Guide, “Top Up & Comer Lawyer Under 40,” 2021
Super Lawyers magazine, Florida “Rising Stars,” 2012-2021
Martindale Hubbell, “Client Champion,” 2020
Law360, Distinguished Legal Writing Awards, Burton Awards, 2020
Nova Southeastern University, “Alumni Hall of Fame,” 2019
Nova Southeastern University, “Distinguished Alumni,” 2018
NSU University School, “Alumni Hall of Fame,” 2018
Daily Business Review, “Rising Stars, 40 Under 40,” 2014
South Florida Business & Wealth, “Rising Star, Leaders In Law,” 2014
Florida Trend magazine, “Up & Comer,” 2010

Publications

Co-Author, International Family Law, Policy and Practice Volume 9, Number 1, Surrogacy in the U.S. and England and Wales in a Global Pandemic, Summer 2021
Co-Author,“Moving Forward With New York’s Model Commercial Surrogacy Law,” New York Law Journal, April 12, 2021
Co-Author, “The A, B, Cs (along with CDCs and FDAs) of Regulatory Implications over Assisted Reproductive Technology”, ABA Health Law Journal, December 2019
Co-Author, “ABA’s Guide to Assisted Reproduction Techniques, Legal Issues, and Pathways to Success,” 2016
Author, “Five Questions about LGBT Surrogacy, Adoption in Florida,” Daily Business Review, March 2015
Author, “Baby Steps to Surrogacy,” The International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination, Inc., March 2015
Author, “Putting Our Buns In Her Oven,” Pink & Blue Parenting & Baby, August 2014
Author, “Gestational Surrogacy: Putting Our Buns In Her Oven,” South Florida Business & Wealth, September 2014

In the News

Featured, Ambassador for March of Dimes, Channel 10 News, May 4, 2024
Featured, “How Alabama Supreme Court ruling on frozen embryos affects Florida,” CBS News Miami, February 22, 2024
Quoted, “How to Navigate the Intended Parent-Surrogate Relationship,” The Bump, October 6, 2022
Featured, “Alumni Class Notes,” NSU University School Viewpoint, Spring 2022
Featured, “Meet Marla Neufeld,” Canvas Rebel, May 19, 2022
Featured, “Fertility Episode,” CBS Daytime Talk Show The Doctors, March 2, 2022
Featured, “Meet Marla Neufeld | Florida Third Party Assisted Reproductive Attorney,” ShoutOut Miami, November 19, 2020
Quoted, “What It’s Like For A Same-Sex Couple To Have A Baby Through Assisted Reproductive Technology,” The Alligator, June 29, 2020
Quoted, “I Wanted To Become A Surrogate Mother – Here’s What I Discovered,” Women’s Health, July 9, 2019
Featured, “Alumni Hall of Fame,” Nova Southeastern University School VIEWPOINT, Spring 2019
Featured, “Legal Career and Family: Women Work Hard to Find the Right Balance,” Daily Business Review, April 9, 2019
Featured, “The Baby Lawyer,” Gold Coast Fort Lauderdale, December 2018
Featured, “Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina Video,” September 19, 2018
Featured, “Highlight Video: Men Having Babies Florida 2018 – Surrogacy and Gay Parenting Conference,” Men Having Babies, August 8, 2018
Featured, “Alumni Class Notes,” NSU University School Viewpoint, Spring 2018
Featured, “Innovative Private Practice Group,” Daily Business Review, May 21, 2018
Featured, “The Baby Steps of Surrogacy,” Three Under 2, April 22, 2018
Featured, “Baby Steps to Surrogacy: An Interview with Surrogacy Attorney Marla Neufeld, Esq.,” INCIID, February 26, 2018
Mentioned, “Wake Up Call,” Bloomberg Law Big Law Business, January 19, 2018
Quoted, “Hurricane Irma Creates Legal Chaos For Surrogates,” Above The Law, September 8, 2017
Featured, “Before You Even Think of Getting a Surrogate, Read This,” Today, June 8, 2017
Quoted, “Divorcing Husband Gets Frozen Embryos Under Balancing of Interests,” Bloomberg Law Big Law Business, October 26, 2016
Featured, “Alumna Founds Surrogacy Law Practice after Struggle with Infertility,” Alumni American University, March 12, 2015
Featured, “Marla Neufeld: Greenspoon Marder,” Daily Business Review, September 14, 2014
Quoted, “Reproductive Technology Offers Niche Practice for Lawyers,” Daily Business Review, May 14, 2014

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