About Us

We are a law firm dedicated exclusively to adoption.

We represent clients throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties in stepparent adoptions, fost-adopt finalizations, relative adoptions, guardianship to adoptions, and guardianships, and process adult adoptions and international readoptions in all of California. Our not-for-profit companion firm, TruAdopt, is dedicated exclusively to expectant parent (birth parent) representation.

Celeste Liversidge

Adoption Attorney

Attorney Celeste Liversidge has been an adoption attorney since 2001. She is a fellow of both the American Academy of Adoption & Reproductive Technology Attorneys (AARTA), the Academy of California Adoption Lawyers (ACAL), and the National Council For Adoption (NCFA). Celeste earned her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Westmont College.

Jill Cucullu

Adoption Attorney

Attorney Jill Cucullu has been an adoption attorney for almost 20 years and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption and Reproductive Technology Attorneys (AARTA).
After graduating as valedictorian from Pepperdine School of Law, Jill served as the founding director of Pepperdine's Legal Clinic at the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles before co-founding Adoption Law Group in 2003.  Jill and her husband now have six children – four through birth and two through adoption. Jill is passionate about supporting loving families for children and is actively involved in children's ministry through her church.

Matt Kessler

Legal Assistant

After earning his B.A. at Gustavus Adolphus College, Matt recently earned his law degree from Cardiff University in Wales. Matt is an invaluable member of the Adoption Law Group team and is grateful for the opportunity to use his legal background to assist clients throughout their adoption journey.

“Adoption Law Group strives to handle each matter with diligence and compassion, always keeping childrens’ best interests as our central focus.”

We will always be grateful for the way Adoption Law Group handled our adoption –  from the very first phone call to our finalization day. Each step along the way, Celeste kept us informed about what to expect next.  She didn’t sugarcoat the process, which we appreciated, and did a great job of helping us focus on what was truly important and not get distracted by unimportant details.

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