Who is the attorney behind Your Legal Doula?
Andrea D. Orwoll, Esq. – or Andi – is a Nevada-licensed attorney (NV Bar #14596) expanding what the law can do for moms. Right now, the legal profession is only so useful for addressing the issues that mothers and families face. Wrongful terminations, medical malpractice, divorce and child custody – all of these are already areas of legal practice. But –
What about moms with everyday questions about pregnancy and the law? What about moms who want to prevent violations of their birth rights, before they happen?
Most of us encounter these. As a single mother by choice, and a professional, Andi encountered her own difficulties going through pregnancy and postpartum.
Where were the pregnancy lawyers? Where were the birth rights attorneys?
She couldn’t access one. So, she decided to become one.
Why Hire Andi?
Andi is not only an experienced attorney with over eight years in practice: Andi approaches the law – as well as pregnancy, birth, and postpartum – from an empathic, multi-disciplinary point of view. Andi is, first and foremost, a lifelong feminist and advocate for women’s rights. She brings this focused lens to all work she does in the birth rights space–and, she brings a diverse career history, with experience in multiple industries. In working as a teacher, a prosecutor, an attorney for injured employees, and in insurance defense, she has learned how various aspects of the law intersect and affect one another. And especially in complex stages of life like the perinatal period, a well-rounded advocate is a necessity.
Qualifications and Certificates
- State Bar of Nevada, License # 14596
- Scholarship
- Scribes (The American Society of Legal Writers), elected 2017
- Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honors Society), elected 2007
- Publications and Conferences
- Pregnant “Persons”: The Linguistic Defanging of Women’s Issues and the Legal Danger of “Brain-Sex” Language, 17 NEV. L.J. 667 (2016).
- Lesbian Partnership in the Americas: An International Survey and Call to Action, Address at the University of Alberta’s Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Conference (Mar. 11, 2016).
- “The Truth, Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth”: Identifying Liars and Encouraging Truth Through Verbal Cues, NACTT ACADEMY (Aug. 23, 2015).
- Community Service Projects and Awards
- Barbara Buckley Community Service Award, 2017
- William S. Boyd School of Law Public Interest Fellow, 2014–17
- UNLV’s Women’s Center, CARE Advocate & Take Back the Night Volunteer, 2014-15
- Teaching Experience
- License in Elementary Education (K-8) (inactive)
- Alumna, Teach for America, Class of 2009
- Minor in Gender & Women’s Studies, Whittier College, 2009