Sharon Thompson

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NicholsonPham, PLLC

Experience: 48 years

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section, Best Lawyers, Family Law Section and 12 others

Awards 14

Experience 48y

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In 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

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

North Carolina

Professional Experience

2012 - Current

NicholsonPham, PLLC

Of Counsel

1991 - 2012

Sharon Thompson Law Group

Attorney

2005 - 2005

University of North Carolina Law School

Adjunct Professor

1996 - 1998

North Carolina Central University Law School

Adjunct Professor

1991 - 1991

North Carolina Clinical Social Work Society

Legislative Agent

1989 - 1990

Thompson & Burgess

Senior Partner

1979 - 1989

Thompson & McAllaster

Shareholder

1981 - 1986

North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Division of Facility Services

Administrative Hearing Officer

1976 - 1979

Firm of Deborah Mailman and Sharon Thompson