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Meredith Nicholson participates in Duke Law's Public Interest Careers Speaker Series
Meredith Nicholson will be participating in Duke Law’s Public Interest Careers Friday Speaker Series on September 19 entitled “So, You Want to Work in Criminal Law”.
Read MoreMilan Pham to Participate in Duke University’s International Equality Debates
The Durham Law firm of NicholsonPham is pleased to announce that Milan Pham will be participating in an event sponsored by Women’s Studies, Center for French & Francophone Studies at Duke University. Entitled “Kinship Trouble, The Equality and Difference Debates, NC, USA – France, Europe”, Milan will be participating as a speaker participant representing and…
Read MoreMilan Pham named recipient of the 2014 Community Impact Award
The Durham law firm of NicholsonPham, PLLC, is proud to announce that partner, Milan Pham, has been named recipient of the 2014 Community Impact Award, given annually by the LGBT Center of Raleigh. Milan will be presented with the award at the LGBT Center’s 6th Annual Awards Gala on October 10. Milan is recognized for…
Read MoreThe Triangle celebrates as Virginia court issues a blow to Amendment One
Last week’s decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals essentially overturns North Carolina’s Amendment One, the Defense of Marriage Act. In fact, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, a long time personal opponent of Amendment One, forced by North Carolina state law to defend the act, anyway said that in light of the Fourth…
Read MoreSharon Thompson Completes Ramblin’ Rose Sprint Triathlon
Sharon Thompson participated in the Ramblin’ Rose Sprint Triathlon on Sunday May 19th, 2014, finishing second in her age class. This year’s triathlon, which took place in Raleigh, benefited the YMCA’s We Build People Campaign and Tri It For Life. Ramblin’ Rose Women’s Triathlons, produced by Endurance Magazine, are designed to “Celebrate the Empowerment of…
Read MoreNew Ruling on Birth Father Responsibilities
The NC Supreme Court reversed a lower court yesterday in a very interesting ruling on birth fathers and their consent to give up their children for adoption. Those of us that practice in the adoption world have been waiting for this decision because the NC Court of Appeals had thrown a monkey wrench into what…
Read MoreNicholsonPham Participates in Documentary
NicholsonPham’s Sharon Thompson recently contributed to “Unconditional,” a documentary film addressing equal rights for all families that explores the often devastating impact of current parenting laws on local North Carolina families. In the documentary film, “Unconditional”, Co-Directors Rhonda Chan Soo, Kelly McKenna, and Hanna Teachey document first-hand the traumatic impact of current parenting laws on…
Read MoreThe Undocumented Citizen
A few months ago, I attended a gathering of attorneys active in the LGBT community. Across dinner and after libations, the talk turned, as it often does, to work – discussions of our cases and the thorny problems that often await the lawyer serving the LGBT community. A colleague began to recount the history of…
Read MoreNelson Mandela is dead.
South Africa’s beaming example of the potential of humankind has departed the world. But his legacy remains in the simple text of South Africa’s Bill of Rights. Almost fifty years after apartheid’s dark stain began and some eighteen years before Amendment One sullied North Carolina’s landscape, the South African nation drafted one of the most…
Read MoreMeredith Nicholson Runs Gallop & Gorge 8K
On Thanksgiving morning, November 28th 2013, Meredith Nicholson participated in the Gallop & Gorge 8k as the final event of the 3-race Le Tour de Carrboro race series, sponsored by Cardinal Track Club. For the race, people were asked to donate to the IFC Food Pantry. The IFC relies on donations from individuals and helps provide groceries…
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