Background
Phillips, Stanton was born in 1954.
Phillips, Stanton was born in 1954.
American University (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). George Mason University (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Admitted to the bar, 1980, Virginia and United States. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. 1981, District of Columbia.
United States.
District Court, District of Columbia. District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Virginia Supreme Court.
Author: Chapter, "Adoption Law, Procedure and Practice," Released October 1995.
Company-Author: National Legal Guide for Attorneys, Adoption Law, Matthew Bender & Company, Incorporated., Hollinger, J., Editor, 1989-1994. Company-Author: Chapters, Nature of Adoption, Federal Influence on Adoptions, Agency Adoptions, International Adoptions, Home Study Investigations and What to Do If Something Goes Wrong, Basic to Intermediate Guide for Virginia Attorneys, Released February, 1996.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1990-1991. Recording Secretary, 1990-1991.
Publication Committee Chairperson, 1991-1993.
Practice limited to adoption law in the District of Columbia and Virginia including active adoption litigation practice. Involved in over 900 adoption cases in the past fourteen years. Represents adopters, birth parents, adoption agencies or acts as Guardian ad litem for the adoptee.
Private, agency, interstate, intrastate, special needs and international adoptions.
Represented numerous adoption agencies on adoption matters.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1990-1991. Recording Secretary, 1990-1991. Publication Committee Chairperson, 1991-1993.
