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Sodoma Law Attorneys Receive SuperLawyer Awards and Legal Elite Awards of Excellence

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Sodoma Law is proud to announce that Managing Principal Nicole Sodoma and three of the firm’s attorneys, from across locations and practice areas, received awards of excellence from Super Lawyers Magazine for 2018. Congratulations to Sodoma Law Union Principal and Attorney Penelope Hefner, and Sodoma Law Attorney Theresa Viera for their recognition as Rising Stars in Family Law, and to Sodoma Law Attorney John Woodman for his recognition as a Rising Star in Bankruptcy Law. In Family Law, Ms. Sodoma was named a Super Lawyer for 2018.

Whatever lawyers receive this award, are excellent in all standards.

Additional congratulations are in order for Nicole Sodoma, Penelope Hefner, and John Woodman, all of whom received awards of excellence from Business North Carolina for 2018. Since 2002, Business North Carolina (BNC) magazine has honored Tar Heel lawyers by publishing Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, a listing of the state’s top lawyers in business-related categories. Winners are chosen not by BNC editors but by the state’s lawyers.

“I am honored by this recognition by my peers, but more importantly, I am so pleased to see my colleagues recognized for their compassionate, tenacious advocacy for our clients,” said Nicole Sodoma, Managing Principal, Sodoma Law. “All have contributed so much to our firm and communities: Penelope Hefner leads our Union County office; Theresa Viera’s work with families, especially those impacted by domestic violence, has been extraordinary; and John Woodman helps business owners protect what they’ve worked so hard to build.”

Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multi-phase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

Only up to 5% of the lawyers in North Carolina are named to the Super Lawyers list. Congratulations again to Ms. Sodoma, Ms. Hefner, Ms. Viera and Mr. Woodman for their recognition, commitment and dedication to client advocacy.

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Nicole Sodoma

Founder and Managing Principal

The nicest compliment I’ve ever received about Sodoma Law was from a judge who described us as “smart, tenacious, and compassionate.” When clients come to us in the middle of a divorce or a custody battle, they deserve that blend of qualities from each of our family law attorneys. They need family law attorneys who will fight for them in the courtroom and empower them to achieve their goals at a difficult time in their lives. When I opened the doors to Sodoma Law in 2008, I wanted to build a team who would help every client navigate the hurdles of separation and divorce with empathy and determination – in and out of court. I wanted to surround myself with people who live and breathe family law like I do. This practice is my passion; it’s not my job, but rather, who I am. In hindsight, I have to believe that the events of my childhood led me on this path. I often joke with my family that my experience as a child of parents with “irreconcilable differences” predestined my career. As a family law attorney, I feel the advantage of understanding the experience of separation and divorce through the eyes of an adult and as a young girl. That experience was fraught with anxiety, especially at the beginning. I believe it’s our job, as family law attorneys, to educate our clients on their various legal options so as to reduce that anxiety and allow them to feel more in control of their cases. At our firm, each attorney and staff member believes not only in their ability to make a difference in a client’s life but also their ability to be supportive of a client’s emotional, spiritual and physical well being. After more than two decades of practicing as a family law attorney, I know that when our clients contact us, they are typically making one of the biggest decisions of their lives. They each have somehow empowered themselves enough to make the journey to change what he or she has known… whether it was for one year or twenty years. I understand it is not always hard for everyone, but change affects us all. I see it with my clients. I saw it with my own parents. Working with someone you trust is critical. From the moment we discuss your case, you will know that I will always do my absolute best to handle your concerns as if they are my own.

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