Ms. Sharon Reashore, LLB, EPC
EPC Member Board
Halifax, NS

Sharon  has a solo practice in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She focuses her attention on all aspects of estate planning and administration, planning for incapacity and elder law.   She graduated from the University of New Brunswick law school in 1997, articled with Daley, Black and Moreira in Halifax, and then practiced at Baxter Harris Neonakis for 5 years before starting her solo practice.  Law is a second career for Sharon.  Previously she was a computer consultant with Deloitte & Touche in Toronto and in Hamilton, Ontario from 1980 to 1991. 

Sharon is constantly updating her knowledge and professional skills to be a better advocate for the elderly.  In January 2004, Sharon achieved the Elder Planning Counselor designation (EPC).  She is a Charter Member of the Canadian Initiative for Elder Planning Studies. 

In 2002, Sharon was one of the first Canadian lawyers to join the U.S.-based National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). 

Closer to home, Sharon is a member of the Halifax Estate Planning Council , and she is the Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s provincial section of  Wills, Trusts and Estates lawyers.  In addition, Sharon founded the Elder Law section of the Canadian Bar Association - Nova Scotia in 2003. 

To share her knowledge, Sharon regularly delivers presentations on behalf of the Retirement Planners Association of Nova Scotia.  She has also presented to the Canadian Association of Financial Planners - Atlantic Chapter (now ADVOCIS) and to the Halifax Estate Planning Council members. 

As an antidote to practicing law, Sharon enjoys designing and making quilts.  She is a Program Director for the Mayflower Quilt Guild.  Sharon lives in Dartmouth with her husband (Ron), two cats (Mickey & Ellie), two birds (Chocolate & Vanilla) and two exuberant young dogs (Kobie & Dorey).

 

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