Meet Twin Cities Lawyer Steven H. Sndyer
Maple Grove, Minnesota
phone	(763) 420-6700
fax	(763) 420-9588
email	Steven H. Snyder

Areas of Practice:

Adoption
Steve’s adoption practice includes international adoptions, stepparent adoptions and grandparents rights

Business Organizations
Our law firm helps with business formations, business purchases and sales, and non-compete contracts.

Elder Law
Our elder law practice includes assistance with nursing home placement and health care decisions.

Estate Planning

Family Law
Steve is a Minneapolis family lawyer assisting clients with adoption, alimony agreements, child custody and child support, divorce, paternity, and property division.

Probate & Estate Administration

Real Estate Law
Steve helps real estate clients with easements, property purchases and property leasing.

Surrogacy Law
As a Minneapolis and St. Paul surrogacy lawyer, Steve works with the International Assisted Reproduction Center, as well as surrogates, people looking for surrogates, egg donors, and embryo donors.

Trusts

Wills

Bar Admissions:

Minnesota, 1982

U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1982

Education:

University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1982
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

University of St. Thomas, St Paul, MN, 1974
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major:  English

Published Works:

Legislation to Govern Assisted Reproductive Technologies Introduced and Lobbied in 2002 and 2003 Sessions of the Minnesota Legislature

"The Blessed Trinity and Beyond: Third-Party 'Contract'-ions," a Series of Articles on Surrogacy Agreements, RESOLVE Quarterly Newsletter, Fall, 2005

"The Use of Pre-Birth Parentage Orders in Surrogacy Proceedings,", ABA Family Law Quarterly, Fall, 2005

Representative Cases:

McNattin v. McNattin, 450N.W.2d169 (Minnesota Appellate 1990)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Assisted Reproductive Technology, Continuing Legal Education Presentations

"Assisted Reproductive Technology: What Every Family Law Attorney Should Know", Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Annual Family Law Conference, 2002

"Assisted Reproductive Technology: What Every Family Law Attorney Should Know", Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Annual Probate and Trust Law Conference, 2002

"The Difference Between U.S. and European Ovum Donor Programs: Paternalism versus Self-Determination", Third Annual International Ovum Donation Conference, London, England, 2005

"Can Private Ovum Donation Agencies and Fertility Clinics Coexist in an Imperfect Universe?", ASRM Convention, Montreal, Canada, 2005

"International Fertility Tourism: Why Patients Cross International Borders, and What Can Happen When They Do", Fourth Annual International Ovum Donation Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006

Intended Parents, Ovum Donors, and the Children They Create: What Ethical Duties Do We Owe, and to Whom?, Fifth Annual International Ovum Donation Conference, Buck County, Pennsylvania

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Law Practice Management, Family Law Sections)

Member

Reproductive & Genetic Technology Committee, Family Law Section of the American Bar Association

Vice-Chair

Minnesota State Bar Association (Probate and Trust Law, Real Property Sections)

Member

Hennepin County Bar Association

Member

Assisted Reproductive Technology Sub-Committee, 2001 Minnesota Legislative Task Force To evaluate the 2000 Uniform Parentage Act

Co-Chair

Past Employment Positions:

Stillwater High School, Stillwater, MN, High School English Teacher, 1974 - 1979

Fraternities/Sororities:

Delta Epsilon Sigma

We will charge you at our initial conference at our hourly rate. If you hire us after the initial office conference, we will credit forward the amount paid for the first half hour toward future services. If you do not hire us, we keep the fees paid so we are reasonably compensated for the time and advice provided.

If you would like to speak with attorney Snyder or another St. Paul or Minneapolis attorney at our office, please contact our law firm to set up a consultation.