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| Attorney Profile - Sharon Parker |
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| Sharon Parker
- Send Email Sharon M. Parker practices primarily in the areas of business law and civil litigation, with a particular focus on representing religious and charitable organizations. She assists her clients in general business and real estate transactions, employment and personnel matters (including employment investigations), and matters involving the intersection between church and state. She stays current on the wide variety of legal issues affecting religious organizations through her membership in the National Diocesan Attorneys Association and the Canon Law Society of America. She devotes a substantial portion of her practice to civil litigation and has successfully represented clients in cases involving personal injury, business and contract disputes, civil rights, trusts and estates, probate and domestic relations. Ms. Parker was admitted to the Nevada bar in 2001, the California bar in 2002 and the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 2003. She is a member of the Washoe County and American Bar Associations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of San Francisco (cum laude, 1990), a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum), Rome, Italy (magna cum laude, 1994), a License in Canon Law from the Gregorian University, Rome, Italy (cum laude, 1996), and a Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (magna cum laude, 2001). Ms. Parker was born and raised in Covina, California. Prior to obtaining her J.D. she worked as a canon lawyer for the Diocese of Reno. She was the law clerk to the Honorable Brent T. Adams from 2001 to 2002. She speaks Italian proficiently and has studied Greek, Latin, Spanish and German as well. |
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