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Adoption Day

Adoption At Last

Date
January 01, 2010 |
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Kathryn Alfisi

McDermott Will & Emery LLP pro bono attorneys Joanne Ludovici-Lint (left) and Robert W. Zelnick flank their Children’s Law Center client Paula Lancaster and her newly adopted daughter Zuri at the 23rd Annual Adoption Day ceremony on November 21 at the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse. The event, which was cohosted by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and DC Child and Family Services Agency, featured 36 official adoptions being finalized. Courts across the country hold similar ceremonies to celebrate National Adoption Day, which is aimed at bringing attention to the plight of children in foster care