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Education/Licensing
1976: Bachelor of Arts Psychology - Arizona State University
1987: Juris Doctor University of San Diego Law School
1987 - Present: Member of the California State Bar
Experience
1998 to Present
Law Practice devoted solely to assisted reproduction law
National Advisory Board Member: Assisted Reproductive Technology Academy
Private Egg Donor Search Services
A full service, anonymous egg donor matching program featuring a private, password
protected on-line egg donor data base for infertile clients. All Egg Donors must meet
certain scholastic achievement scores to qualify to be listed.
1995 to Present
Article Surrogacy and Egg Donation Law in California - posted on-line at
http://www.surrogacy.com/legals/states.html
1990 to 1998
Partner in general practice law firm with emphasis in assisted reproduction law.
March 5, 1990
Father of a gestational surrogate baby girl carried to term by his sister.
1987 to 1990
Partner in general practice law firm with emphasis on civil litigation, contracts.
Television Appearances, Seminars, Guest Lectures
February 20, 2001
San Diego NBC News: "Infertility Options"
September 18, 2000 & February 26, 2001
National University Guest Lecture: Law 400 Current Legal Issues "Surrogacy and Egg
Donation Law"
September 8, 2000
San Diego KUSI Morning News "Egg Donation" (Darlene Pinkerton)
June 19, 2000
National University Graduate Ethics Course Guest Lecture "Ethics of Third Party
Assisted Reproduction"
June 5, 2000
Resolve Infertility Support Meeting Scripps Well-Being Center, University Towne Centre
Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion "Egg Donation and Surrogacy"
February 24, 2000
UCSD Panel Discussion: "Student Health Advocates Present: 'The Golden Egg'"
February 10, 2000
Today Show NBC television appearance "Ethics of Egg Donation"
NBC News television appearance "Egg Donation"
CNN Crossfire television appearance "Should It Be Legal to Buy Human Eggs?"
February 9, 2000
MSNBC News television appearance "Egg Donation"
January 24, 2000
National University Graduate Course: Management 400: Ethics Course Guest Lecture
"Ethics of Third Party Assisted Reproduction"
November 11, 1999
USD Law School Health Law Class Guest lecture "Assisted Reproduction Legal and
Ethical Issues"
October 25 - 27, 1999
BBC Television interview Egg Donation Documentary (Thomas and Darlene Pinkerton)
August 4, 1999
MSNBC News television appearance "Egg Donation"
Selected Magazine, Newspaper Articles Written About The Law Office
December 2000
SELF Magazine: "Is this Egg worth $50,000?"
September 3, 2000
San Diego Union Tribune Currents Cover Story: "Donation Dilemmas"
July/August 1999
San Diego Lawyer The Journal of The San Diego County Bar Association "A Very Personal
Practice - Tom Pinkerton - Mr. Surrogate"
August 9, 1999
The New Yorker "Annals of Reproduction: Eggs For Sale"
March 15, 1999
Los Angeles Daily Journal "A Good Egg: Lawyer Who Specializes in Egg Donation Sees a
Growing Field"
Honors and Awards
Life member of the National Registry of Who's Who
published in the 2001 edition
Starting in 1990, Mr. Pinkerton's firm has evolved into what is now a practice devoted solely to infertility clients. His practice includes representation of couples, surrogates, and egg donors in the drafting of the assisted reproduction agreements. Mr. Pinkerton's firm also provides a full service legal surrogacy practice including representation of clients in court to obtain paternity and maternity judgments from the Family Law Court resulting in the intended parents names on the original birth certificate at the time of birth. Finally, he and his wife maintain an on-line, private egg donation registry for infertile couples desiring to match their family traits of high scholastic achievement.
Please feel free to contact Mr. Pinkerton for questions, comments, or information regarding assisted reproduction related legal services or the new on-line egg donor database.
Thomas Pinkerton is the author of the CALIFORNIA SURROGACY and EGG DONATION LAW article on this site.
August 2001
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