Nidhi Desai

Nidhi Desai

Nidhi is an attorney in private practice, practicing in the areas of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and adoption. She currently serves as the Director of ART for the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA) and as a member of its Board of Directors. She serves as a board member of the Chicago Coalition for Family Building, a foundation that helps individuals and couples struggling with infertility through education and financial assistance and has been appointed to the legal advisory group for Men having Babies, a not-for-profit group providing education and resources for prospective intended parents. She has been instrumental in helping to craft local and national policy surrounding ART. She has worked on drafting and passing legislation including the Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act and most recently with updates to the Illinois Parentage Act to protect children and families born of gamete donation. Nidhi previously served on the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology’s (SART) executive counsel as well as serving as the Chair of the Legal Professionals of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). Nidhi authored the chapter on surrogacy and assisted reproduction for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Practice Handbook on Illinois Adoption Law, Her peers have also selected her as a member of the Leading Lawyers network by her peers, and she is a frequent speaker on legal issues, both locally and nationally, addressing medical and legal professionals including ASRM, the American Bar Association and AAAA.

Sessions

Pitfalls In ART and How To Handle Legal Concerns In The Clinic

Thursday, June 9, 2022
2:15pm - 3:00pm CST