Sharon Thompson

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