Why I Practice in Family Law: "Everyone deserves to build and protect their family. And strong, secure families are the foundation of a healthy, thriving community."
Foster Care Adoption, Stepparent + Second Parent Adoption, Domestic Infant Adoption, Surrogacy, Agency Compliance, International Surrogacy, ART Law + Gamete Donor Agreements, Adult Adoption, Relative Adoption, Parentage Orders
An Arizona native, Heather Strickland has been practicing adoption, assisted reproduction and family law for over 20 years. Heather represents expectant parents and prospective adoptive parents through the adoption process with compassion and care while adhering to the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. When it comes to assisted reproductive technology, Heather helps couples and individuals build their families through egg, sperm and embryo donation agreements, gestational carrier matters and parentage orders.
Heather is a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ individuals and couples in their quest to become parents and legally recognized families.
She is honored to be recognized as a 2017 Angel in Adoption by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute for her dedication to positive child welfare practices.
Heather is a proud member of the State Bar of Arizona, Pima County Bar Association, Arizona Women Lawyers Association, Military Spouse JD Network, National Council for Adoption, RESOLVE and American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She graduated from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2004 and from Smith College in 1997.
Heather is an opera fangirl. She loves the music, the drama and being swept away. A lifetime highlight was attending all 15 hours of Wagner’s Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen) in Berlin, and she would happily do it again.
She enjoys life with her husband and two teenagers. If she finds spare time, she enjoys cooking, gardening, yoga and traveling to far off places.
