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Can you change your gender marker on passports now? This is what we know.

By Milan Pham / January 30, 2025 / Comments Off on Can you change your gender marker on passports now? This is what we know.

On January 20, 2025, Trump issued an Executive Order on Gender Ideology seeking to create sweeping barriers intended to make trans people’s lives more difficult. Since then, he has issued other orders targeted at the LGBTQ community which aren’t the subject of this post. I hope to address these later.…

NicholsonPham Recognized in 2025 Best Law Firms as a Metropolitan Tier 1 Family Law Firm

By NicholsonPham Web Administrator / November 20, 2024 / Comments Off on NicholsonPham Recognized in 2025 Best Law Firms as a Metropolitan Tier 1 Family Law Firm

We are thrilled to announce that NicholsonPham has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms, receiving a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in Family Law for the Raleigh area! This honor places us among the top family law firms in the region, acknowledging our commitment to excellence and…

Gestational Surrogacy Law Changes and Their Impact on Care in North Carolina

By Milan Pham / May 21, 2024 / Comments Off on Gestational Surrogacy Law Changes and Their Impact on Care in North Carolina

The legal landscape surrounding gestational surrogacy law in the United States is undergoing significant change, which could have a profound impact on the ability of individuals and families to access medical care, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy. In this article, we will explore these changes, their potential implications…

Ovum-Sharing / Shared Pregnancy

By Milan Pham / September 2, 2021 / Comments Off on Ovum-Sharing / Shared Pregnancy

The attorneys at NicholsonPham have been successful in being the first to petition the court to legally recognize both same-sex, married parents as legal parents in an ovum sharing case. For lesbian couples enlarging their family in North Carolina, this new legal precedent is a positive movement forward in equality.…

How do you change your gender marker and name on your NC Birth Certificate if you are out of state?

By Milan Pham / April 28, 2021 / Comments Off on How do you change your gender marker and name on your NC Birth Certificate if you are out of state?

North Carolina has this procedure streamlined so you just have to follow these steps. You will first need a notarized letter from a physician stating that you have undergone “sex reassignment surgery” and stating the sex you were assigned at birth and your current sex. We suggest that you obtain…

Love and Panic Chickens in the Time of Pandemics

By Milan Pham / April 30, 2020 / Comments Off on Love and Panic Chickens in the Time of Pandemics

Are you experiencing pandemic mood swings? Are you hoarding toilet paper? Or animal proteins? Have you become a prepper? Do you now own panic chickens? Have you thrown caution to the wind and elected to party in Daytona Beach? We advise against that course of action. Or are you, like…

Milan’s client writes about his divorce and “Who Gets the Dog?”

By NicholsonPham Web Administrator / October 4, 2019 / Comments Off on Milan’s client writes about his divorce and “Who Gets the Dog?”

Milan Pham’s client, Steven Petrow, writes about his divorce experience and the family dog for the New York Times Opinion Section. “I have some good news,” my divorce lawyer told me during our second consultation in her downtown Durham, N.C., office. Before divulging it, she asked a question: “Are you…

Sharon Thompson Included in Best Lawyers in America

By NicholsonPham Web Administrator / August 21, 2019 / Comments Off on Sharon Thompson Included in Best Lawyers in America

We are pleased to announce that Sharon Thompson has been named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America Family Law section. Sharon has been included in Best Lawyers in America© continuously since 2016. In 2010, Sharon became the first attorney in North Carolina, as well as the first female, accepted…

Sharon Thompson named to Best Lawyers in America 2018

By NicholsonPham Web Administrator / September 12, 2017 / Comments Off on Sharon Thompson named to Best Lawyers in America 2018

We are pleased to announce that Sharon Thompson has been named to the 2018 Best Lawyers in America Family Law section. The 2018 list represents Best Lawyers 24th edition. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best…

Sharon Thompson Named to Best Lawyers in America 2017

By NicholsonPham Web Administrator / September 8, 2016 / Comments Off on Sharon Thompson Named to Best Lawyers in America 2017

We are pleased to announce that Sharon Thompson has been named to the 2017 Best Lawyers in America Family Law section. The 2017 list represents Best Lawyers 23rd edition. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best…