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ANDREW W. VORZIMER
Attorney Profile
Mr. Vorzimer was born in New York. He is admitted as an
attorney in California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern,
Southern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court
of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Education: Mr. Vorzimer attended Harvard
University; University of Miami (B.B.A.); and Whittier College
School of Law (J.D. Magna Cum Laude). While at Whittier
College School of Law, Mr. Vorzimer was the recipient of
American Jurisprudence Awards in: Torts; Criminal Law; Legal
Process; Constitutional Law; Unfair Trade Practices; and
Remedies. He also received the Corpus Juris Secundum Award
and was an Externalized Member of the Whittier Moot Court
Honors Board where he was awarded Best Oral Advocate &
Best Team in the Moot Court Honors Board competition. Mr.
Vorzimer also served as the Executive Editor of theWhittier
Law Review and was employed as a Teaching Assistant at Whittier
College School of Law.
Activities & Awards: Mr. Vorzimer is the recipient of the American Fertility Association's 2006 Illuminations Award for outstanding vision and contribution to family building. He has
lectured throughout the world; has appeared on numerous
television and radio news shows, including 60 Minutes II, CBS Evening
News, CNN and Dateline; and has been quoted in national and international
newspapers and magazines including: The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles
Times, U.S. News & World Report, Boston Globe, Newsweek,
Time, People and The Sunday Times. Mr. Vorzimer serves on the Advisory Board of the International
Council on Infertility Information Dissemination (INCIID)
and is the Legal Moderator for INCIID's Third Party Reproduction
and Insurance & Legal Issues Forums. Further, Mr. Vorzimer continues to serve
as a Moot Court Judge for the Whittier College School of
Law, UCLA, Traynor and American Trial Lawyers Competitions.
Mr. Vorzimer also serves on James Publishing's Editorial
Advisory Board for California Causes of Action.
Publications: Contributing Author: Consents
and Contracts, "Principles of Oocyte and Embryo
Donation"; Insurance Handbook for Business Litigators;
California Points & Authorities; and CEB Civil Procedure
Before Trial. Mr. Vorzimer has authored numerous articles
including: Buzzanca v. Buzzanca: The Ruling and Ramifications;
Traditional Surrogacy: An Untraditional Approach - The Legal
Evolution of Artificial Insemination; "Parenthood"
in California: Today's Surrogacy and Egg Donor Contracts;
Guide to Infertility Options Through Assisted Reproductive
Technologies; The Egg Donor and Surrogacy Controversy: Legal
Issues Surrounding Representation of Parties to an Egg Donor
and Surrogacy Contract; What to Look for in an Egg Donation
Program; Jaycee B.: A Different Perspective; Landmark California
Ruling Expands Parental Rights; Two Men and a Baby: Court
Ruling Extends Equal Parental Rights to Homosexuals; Charting
a New Destiny: Buzzanca v. Buzzanca; Exclusions and Limitations
- Avoiding Insurance Coverage Pitfalls in Surrogacy &
Egg Donation Arrangements; Workplace Environment: Sexual
Harassment; Professional Liability: Lawsuits have Physicians,
Counselors and Agencies on the Defensive; Business &
Professions Code Section 17200: California's Unfair Competition
Law; Sexual Harassment: Increase in Claims Strikes Fear
in Employers; and Hostile Work Environment Claims Have Employers
on the Defensive.
Memberships: He is a member of American
Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM); Academy of Assisted
Reproductive Technology Professionals (Legal Advisory Board);
InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination,
Advisory Board and Legal Moderator (INCIID); RESOLVE; Organization
of Parents Through Surrogacy (OPTS); National Association
of Surrogate Mothers (Professional Member); Beverly Hills
(Member: Entertainment Section), Los Angeles County and
American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; and
the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Reported Cases: North River Insurance
Company v. American Home Assurance Company, 210 Cal.
App. 3d 108 (1989); Palm Springs Tennis Club v. Rangel,
73 Cal. App. 4th (1999).
Notable Cases: Cases Mr. Vorzimer has worked
on include: David Copperfield v. Butterfield & Butterfield;
Elizabeth Taylor v. The National Enquirer; State of California
v. Coastal Insurance; the insurance liability portion
of the Estate of Howard Hughes v. Summa Corporation;
McMartin Preschool Civil Litigation; Bryan v. Sara Jane
Olson (aka Kathleen Soliah); David Copperfield v. Paris
Match, et al; and on the professional liability portion
of the Twilight Zone case. Mr. Vorzimer has also
represented numerous entertainment and sports celebrities,
politicians and leaders of industry as part of his third
party reproductive practice.
Practice Areas: Mr. Vorzimer's customary
fields of practice are: reproductive law, including surrogacy
and egg donation; complex business litigation; and entertainment
law.
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