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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…
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…
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…
March Madness is upon us but it’s not basketball that’s drawing our attention at NicholsonPham. Instead, we’re concerned about the craziness of tax season. With 17 states, and the District of Columbia and Canada allowing marriage equality, an increasing number of gay couples are tying the knot. And now that…
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…
It is populated primary by poor people. It is often crowded and hot. It is chronically underfunded. It is dominated by a heavy bureaucracy. Its borders are heavily guarded by armed paramilitary and all who enter are subject to search. It is regulated by rules that are badly understood by…
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…
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…
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…
NicholsonPham strives to be different when it comes to attorney fees. We work creatively with clients and try to offer different, client-specific options so that we do not add to an already stressful situation. Whenever possible, NicholsonPham uses flat-rate fees so you know exactly what to expect right from the…