A Personal Approach
For all of us at Bierly & Rabuck, it’s personal. Denise M. Bierly and Bobbie L. Rabuck have handled hundreds of legal matters touching adoption, surrogacy and child advocacy, but it’s not just credentials and experience they bring to your case. They involve a unique, personal level of compassion that exists because their families have walked the same paces while pursuing similar interests of many family building clients.
We want your family to have the peace of mind to know your legal status is secure. The professional integrity and permanence of each and every case is paramount.
The Powerful Impact of Adoption
Denise’s Story
In the early 1920s, my maternal grandparents lost their firstborn son, Ira, when he was four days old. My grandmother grieved the loss of her child hard and was deeply pained. Sometime over the next year, my grandfather, ever trying to problem solve, visited an orphanage in Central Pennsylvania and arrived home with a one year old boy, my Uncle Hank.Read More
Flash forward to the 1950s. My Mom was a first grade teacher. One of her students was a child in the foster care system and his foster mother died. That was the genesis of how my brother came into our family. My parents had hearts big enough to recognize that genetic ties are not solely determinative of defining family.
Because of the strong example set by my parents and grandparents, I chose to adopt my firstborn son. I knew that my family could be build in any way I chose.
Maybe one day my children will choose unconventional ways to build their families.
Bobbie’s Story
When I was a 23-year old law student, I came home to a voicemail from my mom saying my parents were getting a baby boy. I thought my mom had gone crazy. I soon learned my parents had been contacted by Children and Youth Services on behalf of a distant family member, who had identified my parents as a kinship placement resource for the infant she was unable to raise.Read More
More than 10 years later, we could not imagine life without our brother. I went to law school to become an advocate for children – based in large part on my parents who always provided their children with love, security, and stability. Being a part of my brother’s adoption process made these ideas tangible. I realized that these concepts are not only what every child should have – but they are what every child deserves. Anything less is unacceptable.
“I have the most amazing children in the world. I have been blessed over and over.” Bonnie Laird, 7/30/13.
Honors and Memberships

The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys is a national association of approximately 340 attorneys who practice, or have otherwise distinguished themselves, in the field of adoption law.

The American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys (AAARTA) is a credentialed, professional organization dedicated to the advancement of best legal practices in the area of assisted reproduction and to the protection of …

The PBA promotes justice, respect for the rule of law, professional excellence, and betterment of the legal profession. The PBA is also deeply committed to enhancing public understanding of the legal system.

The Association is formed to discuss and resolve the various questions arising in the discharge of duties and functions of the Children and Youth Solicitor in the various counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Denise Bierly has been designated as a 2014 Congressional Coalition on Adoption “Angel in Adoption” by Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey.

Bobbie Rabuck is the 2015 President of the Centre County Bar Association.

Denise was invited to sit on the Advisory Board for Adoptive Families Magazine……..The American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys (AAARTA) is a credentialed, professional organization dedicated to the advancement of best legal pract
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