Kimberly M. Surratt

Bio

Kim Surratt is the founder and principal of Surratt Law Practice, PC, where she has built a nationally recognized practice in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) law and adoption law. Licensed in both Nevada and California, she began her legal career in 2002 and established her firm in 2007. Her work in ART law began in 2004 with her first surrogacy case, and she has since become a pioneer in the field.

Her pro bono efforts commenced in 2003 with the Nevada Justice Association, through which she has significantly impacted reproductive parentage law and LGBTQ+ family law. Her advocacy has facilitated numerous legislative achievements, including the Nevada Domestic Partnership law, numerous modifications to adoption law, comprehensive revisions to pro-LGBTQ+ family law statutes, establishment of the first voluntary acknowledgment of parentage (instead of just paternity) statute, and gender-neutral revisions across all Nevada statutes.

However, her shining moments at the Nevada legislature are the changes she made in the adoption of comprehensive pro-family statutes for surrogacy and egg/embryo/sperm donation that are marriage and gender neutral and a surrogacy insurance mandate in Nevada. The surrogacy insurance law was the first of its kind in the United States and is the model for future advocacy.

Kimberly’s dedication to justice has been recognized with several awards, including the Nevada Legal Services Champion of Justice Award, the Washoe Legal Services Children’s Attorney Pro Bono Award, the Nevada Supreme Court Access to Justice Pro Bono Services Award, the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys’ prestigious President’s Award, and the Unsung Hero Award. In June 2024, Planned Parenthood Votes Nevada will be giving her an award for her work on surrogacy and IVF protection in the State of Nevada. In August 2024, the National LGBT Bar Association will be awarding her the Family Law Practitioner of the Year Award. In September 2024, the State Bar of Nevada Family Law Section will be giving her the Pillar Award, which is the highest honor bestowed by the section to recognize outstanding contributions to the legal profession within the field of family law. In addition, her law firm is a six-time recipient of the Nevada Legal Services Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year award.

A pioneer in her field, Kim’s work in reproductive law has taken her to international stages and media, where she has educated thousands of attorneys, policy leaders, and politicians on parentage through reproductive technology and surrogacy. Kim has helped thousands of surrogacy clients and family formation clients both in the United States and all over the world, with many baby pictures to prove it! She is proud of each photo and family she has helped along their journey to parentage.

In her free time, Kim enjoys her son and her partner, golf, the outdoors, horses, making and selling her spice rub, and volunteering for many different organizations, including the Reno Rodeo Association.