Five years after Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Pastor Omar Oliphant was called to the bar, his wife, Sharette (nee Kirby), has followed in his footsteps, overcoming pandemic hurdles to form a husband-and-wife lawyer couple.
“The truth is, it really does bring excitement; I feel very good, I feel more proud of her being called to the bar than I felt for myself,” Omar told The Gleaner, five years after he himself was featured in the newspaper as the first SDA pastor to become a lawyer.
“I think it’s wonderful in the context of our relationship where we share goals together and grow together as a couple and for me seeing her reach her goal to become an attorney, I’m over the moon.”
For Sharette, who grew up mostly in Old England, Manchester (Jamaica) and attended Bishop Gibson High School in Mandeville, it was the fulfilment of a lifelong goal.
“It’s a surreal feeling, it’s a dream realised,” Sharette said. “I’ve always wanted to be an attorney, I knew this from before high school. If you look in my school yearbook and all of that, my ambition was to be an attorney.”
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Wonderful, congratulations to you both, as you embark on this journey may God bless you all.