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Biographical Information:
 | 1965: Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa,State University of New York at Buffalo |
| 1978: Juris Doctor, Dean's List, University of Minnesota |
| 1978- present: Private Attorney with practice limited to Adoption and Surrogacy |
Member: American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
Minnesota State Bar Association
Hennepin County Bar Association
Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Adoption, State of Minnesota
Author: "Reforming Adoption: Putting Children First", Center of the American Experiment, 1995
"Independent Adoption", Minnesota Family Law Journal
"Adoption: What in the World is Going On?", Minnesota Family Law Journal
Speaker at American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education courses, Adoptive Families of American adoption workshops on adoption and surrogacy issues.
Founder: Independent Adoption Resource Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (An education and marketing organization helping adoptive and birth families pursue independent adoption)
Wellspring Adoption Agency, Inc. (A licensed Minnesota child-placing agency)
Minnesota Surrogacy Center (Providing services for surrogates and intended parents)
Description of practice: Ms. Vincent's practice is limited to adoption and surrogacy related issues. She was one of the attorneys in Minnesota who opened up the state to independent adoption through court actions beginning in 1983. After many years of opposition to independent adoption by the attorney general's office, a law defining how they can be done was passed in 1994 with significant input from Ms. Vincent. She is sought out to serve on private and public task forces and panels focusing on adoption issues. She recently was instrumental in changing Minnesota adoption law to be more "adoption friendly" through changes to existing law including establishment of a putative father registry. Her paper for the Center of the American Experience has received national recognition and comment. In addition, she has a strong interest in the issues surrounding assisted reproductive technologies, especially those involving surrogacy. Ms. Vincent is an adoptive mother of two children. Her strong commitment to making adoption a positive alternative for birth and adoptive families comes from both her professional and personal lives. "What we must do to make adoption the wonderful option it can be is not just to say we put children's best interests first, but to actually do it. That begins by making children's best interests the basis of all adoption laws."
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