Sharon Thompson
NicholsonPham, PLLCIn 2012, Sharon Thompson became Of Counsel to NicholsonPham. She has been in private practice since 1976 and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the areas of family law, including all aspects of adoption and family formation through assisted reproduction and surrogacy; estate planning, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney and probate administration; and LGBT legal issues. In 2010, Sharon became the first female attorney in North Carolina to be accepted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. A significant portion of Sharon’s practice has been devoted to providing advice and services to LGBT clients, partners and their families. She is widely recognized in this state as an authority on legal issues affecting gay and lesbian clients. She has been counsel in many groundbreaking cases. Sharon is one of a very small number of attorneys in North Carolina offering services to assist LGBT individuals who want to protect their partners and families through family formation documents and legal proceedings, property agreements, and estate planning. Sharon has also expanded her expertise of the legal issues surrounding parenthood by working with clients using assisted reproduction technology to create their families through the use of agreements regarding egg and sperm donation, embryo donation and surrogacy. In 2010, Sharon became the first attorney in North Carolina to be accepted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Adoption
- North Carolina
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- Of Counsel
- NicholsonPham, PLLC
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- Attorney
- Sharon Thompson Law Group
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- Adjunct Professor
- University of North Carolina Law School
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- Adjunct Professor
- North Carolina Central University Law School
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- Legislative Agent
- North Carolina Clinical Social Work Society
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- Senior Partner
- Thompson & Burgess
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- Shareholder
- Thompson & McAllaster
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- Administrative Hearing Officer
- North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Division of Facility Services
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- Partner
- Firm of Deborah Mailman and Sharon Thompson
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- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers In America
- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- North Carolina State Bar
- Member
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- North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Attorneys
- President
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- Women's Forum of North Carolina
- Member
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- State Executive Committee, Democratic Party
- Executive Committe Member
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- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Board of Governors
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- North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
- Board of Governors
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- North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
- Chair of Government Action Committee
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- North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
- Chair of the Judicial Nominating Committee
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- North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
- Co-founder
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- Estate Planning Malpractice Traps for Small to Midsize Firms
- Publication for NC Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
- Ready or Not, A Gay Client May Be Waiting to See You
- Journal of the NC State Bar, Vol 12, #1
- Pulliam v. Smith: A Tough Case for Today’s Families
- NC Bar Association, Family Law Section; Family Forum Vol. 19, No. 4
