BREAKING NEW GROUND

•  First MA pre-birth parentage order ("PBO") in gestational carrier case.

•  First MA PBO in egg donor-gestational carrier case.

•  First MA same-sex co-parent adoption (1992).

•  Multiple dual maternity PBOs for two mothers (gestational and genetic).

•  Dual paternity orders for same-sex male couples.

•  Successfully completed multiple embryo donations.

•  First gestational carrier case before MA highest court (SJC) ( Smith v. Brown, 1999 ).

•  Amicus briefs submitted in both traditional surrogacy and gestational carrier cases before SJC ( R.R.v.M.H, 1998 ;   Culliton v. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2001 ).

•  Massachusetts Infertility "Mandate" (Susan Crockin, as a volunteer advocate, helped draft and lobby for passage of the MA infertility insurance law and regulations, 1987-88), which is still considered the most comprehensive infertility coverage state law in the country.

•  Susan Crockin was chosen to be a Plenary Speaker, 11 th World Congress, Sydney Australia, 1999.

•  First "ART and Embryo Law" Conference, 2004, chaired first national multi-disciplinary conference on this topic. As an adjunct to the public conference, convened multi-disciplinary stem-cell working group meeting.

•  "Legally Speaking©", first column to review ART related legal decisions. Created/authored by Susan Crockin; published quarterly 1990- present.