Ms. Ramage has been licensed to practice law since 1992. As a former social worker, Ms. Ramage has practiced law in many areas specific to protecting children since that time. From 1992-1997, Sharon served as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney in Tarrant County, and was assigned to the Crimes Against Children Division from 1995-1997. After resigning from the District Attorney’s Office, Ms. Ramage opened a private practice in Tarrant County, where she practiced special education law and family law. Since 2000, Ms. Ramage has worked in private practice in Collin County, primarily in the area of family law and adoption. Since 2003, she has also served as a Special Education Hearing Officer and Mediator for the Texas Education Agency, conducting special education due process hearings and mediating disputes between schools and parents.
Ms. Ramage was recently invited to co-author a book about children and the law, All About Texas Law and Kids, published by Texas Lawyer Press. Ms. Ramage is frequently called upon to instruct other attorneys in the areas of her expertise. Most recently, Ms. Ramage served on the faculty of the 8th National Academy for IDEA Administrative Law Judges & Hearing Officers held in Seattle, Washington, and served on a panel at the National Administrative Law Judges Conference in New York during the Fall of 2008.
Ms. Ramage's private practice is devoted to family law, with an emphasis on assisting families and children during divorce, custody and child support disputes, and collaborative family law. Ms. Ramage also represents parents in domestic and foreign adoptions. Because Ms. Ramage serves as a Special Education Due Process Hearing Officer for the Texas Education Agency, she cannot represent parents, students or schools in any matters involving education.
Ms. Ramage is married and the mother of two children adopted from China.