At Northwest Surrogacy Center, LLC (NWSC), our mission is to achieve a successful surrogacy that starts by introducing the right surrogate to the right intended family which is critical to achieving a successful surrogacy experience for both intended families and the surrogate. We understand the profound impact our work has on intended and surrogate families and are proud of the experience, skill and care we bring to each of those relationships.
Our Team
The NWSC team has fifteen years of experience in leading clients through the complex medical, legal and emotional experience of surrogacy. Our professional staff has over thirty years of experience in family building through adoption.
Fifteen years ago, NWSC was founded to apply that family building experience to surrogacy. The team at NWSC understands the family's legal and personal journey and will apply their legal skills and personal understanding to guide you through the process and minimize the impact of difficulties that arise in all complicated relationships.
SANDRA HODGSON, Director and Co-Founder
Sandra Hodgson is an attorney, and her areas of practice include surrogacy, egg donation, and adoption. Sandra is co-founder of Northwest Surrogacy Center and has helped form dozens of families through surrogacy and egg donation. She has also represented numerous intended parents, surrogates and egg donors in the family formation process for over 15 years.
She is licensed to practice law in Oregon, Washington, and Montana. She has been an attorney in private practice since 1988 and was a law clerk at the Oregon Supreme Court and Oregon Court of Appeals before entering private practice.
Sandra is a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and the Family and Juvenile Law Section of the Oregon State Bar Standing Committee on Adoption. She has published materials and been a speaker for assisted reproduction and adoption seminars, and has authored book chapters on adoption.
In addition, Sandra is a member of RESOLVE and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
JOHN CHALLY, Co-Founder
John Chally has over fifteen years of experience as a surrogacy attorney and is co-founder of Northwest Surrogacy Center. His focus is on securing the legal relationship between parents and their children. He also has over 30 years of experience practicing in the areas of adoption and adoption litigation. He is licensed in Oregon and Washington and has represented adoption agencies, adoptive parents, birth parents, and intended parents.
He has published numerous articles and book chapters on adoption and frequently speaks at adoption seminars. He was a member of the State of Oregon Task Force on Adoption Services and drafted legislation regarding Oregon jurisdiction in adoption proceedings, which was enacted by the 2003 legislature.
Mr. Chally is a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and was selected as a Super Lawyer in 2006 and 2007.
Mr. Chally co-founded Open Adoption & Family Services, Inc. in 1985 and served on its board of directors for eight years. His extensive experience in adoption and surrogacy provides him with the knowledge and ability necessary to assist in building families through surrogacy.
