Brian Esser is a solo practitioner whose practice focuses on building families through adoption, surrogacy, and assisted reproductive technology.  He regularly works with clients pursuing private placement adoption, as well as families securing the parental rights of a non-biological parent through a second-parent adoption.  He counsels families on sperm, egg, and embryo donor agreements, and all aspects of surrogacy.  He has a particular interest in helping LGBT people build their families.

Brian started his career at Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC before moving to Baker & Hostetler’s New York office.  He currently serves on the board of directors of New York Attorneys for Adoption and Family Formation (NYAAFF), is a former member of the board of directors of the National LGBT Bar Foundation where he served two terms as the board’s President, a fellow of the Academy of Adoption and ART Attorneys, and a member of the ABA’s Family Law Section Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology.  He is a founding board member of Equality New York, a statewide LGBTQI advocacy organization.  He and his husband Kevin live in Park Slope, Brooklyn and have two sons through open adoption.