RICHARD B. VAUGHN
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Managing Attorney, National Fertility Law Center. Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA |
Combining his legal background with his passion for his own family (formed through assisted reproduction), it is with great enthusiasm and pride that he assists National Fertility Law Center (NFLC) in its mission to provide legal services nationwide to clients hoping to build families through assisted reproduction.
As the Managing Attorney of National Fertility Law Center, Rich has assisted hundreds of clients with family formation through assisted reproduction. Rich studied reproductive and fertility law as a law student at Loyola University Chicago - School of Law and has been interested in these issues ever since. Licensed since 1993 in Chicago and Los Angeles, Rich has assisted a variety of individual, corporate and municipal clients with contract, business, marketing, litigation, and corporate legal needs and brings this multi-disciplinary experience to his work at NFLC. Rich is an active member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and its Family Law Section, the California Bar Association (CBA), the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and its Legal Professionals Group. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys (AAARTA). Rich is actively involved in a variety of sub-committees of these organizations, and has lectured at numerous legal and family building conferences around the U.S.
Rich's extracurricular pursuits are tied to advocacy for the LGBT community and to the medical, health and wellness industries. He is also an experienced fitness instructor, triathlete, a former paramedic, and board member of a medical device company. Rich and his partner Thomas Woelfel were married under California law in 2008 and are the proud parents, through egg donation and surrogacy, of twin boys Aiden & Austin