THE TILDEN LAW FIRM: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
M
arie Tilden, owner and founder of The Tilden Law Firm, has a deep love for people – especially families and children. She founded and managed an international adoption agency 25 years ago with programs in five countries and has two internationally adopted children herself. With many years of both personal and professional experience in domestic and international adoption, she has unique insight into the legal process that goes into these cases. So, in September 2005, she decided to open her family law firm, which specializes in family formation. Adoption and surrogacy law is the company’s sole focus. Tilden has one employee, Karen Townley, who has been by her side for many years. “My adoption work assists people from all over the world, as I not only work with local clients, but I also work with U.S. citizens residing abroad,” explained Tilden. “My adoption clients range from people adopting an infant or child locally, elsewhere in the U.S., or from a foreign country.” Three years ago, Washington state became one of several states that permits compensated surrogacy, which has led to an explosion of people looking to grow their families through a surrogate. This helped Tilden’s business grow, too. “It is a fascinating area of law to watch
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