Law Office of Brian Esser PLLC

Law Office of Brian Esser PLLC is a Brooklyn-based boutique practice focused on helping individuals and families build and protect their families. The firm concentrates on adoption, assisted reproduction, LGBTQ family matters, and estate planning. Its family-building practice serves prospective parents, intended parents, donors, and families navigating legal processes that may involve adoption, surrogacy, donated reproductive material, or establishing secure parental relationships.

Law Office of Brian Esser PLLC handles domestic agency adoptions, private adoptions, foster care adoptions, international adoptions, and step-parent and second-parent adoptions. The firm also assists clients with gestational surrogacy and egg, sperm, and embryo donation agreements. Its work includes preparing agreements, explaining parental rights and responsibilities, and helping clients understand the legal requirements for different family-building arrangements.

Law Office of Brian Esser PLLC also provides estate planning services designed to protect families and prepare for future needs. The firm assists with wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care directives, HIPAA authorizations, and standby guardianship planning. These services help clients address property distribution, incapacity, medical decision-making, guardianship for children, and financial planning for dependents while creating legal documents suited to their family circumstances.

Law Office of Brian Esser PLLC is led by Brian Esser, who earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and his law degree from American University Washington College of Law. He is licensed in New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia and is a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and ART Attorneys. The firm emphasizes individualized guidance and clear communication for clients navigating important decisions involving parenthood, family security, and future planning.