Sherry Virginia Neal

Sherry V. Neal is the managing member of Neal & Wright LLC. Experienced in both the private and non-profit legal sectors, Sherry spent more than two decades assisting families with adoptions. Sherry currently limits her practice to estate planning, focusing on middle income estates. 

As an outgrowth of her adoption practice and because of her commitment to Georgia’s adoptive families, Sherry founded the Georgia Council of Adoption Lawyers, Inc., and was the Charter President of that organization. She is also a Fellow in the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (///A).

Sherry graduated summa cum laude from Wesleyan College, where she majored in biology, minored in philosophy, played soccer and sang in the Washboard Band. She graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was a member of the Women Law Students Association and the Georgia Law Review (and had a whole lot of fun and met her husband and law partner).

Sherry has received numerous awards for both her professional and her personal involvement. In particular, in 2017, the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys awarded her the Amy Silberberg Award in recognition of her work on issues involving the Title IV-E adoption subsidy, grandparents raising grandchildren, and children in foster care. Sherry is also proud that, in 2004, Wesleyan College named her Outstanding Young Alumna, an award given from time to time to an alumna who has provided unique service to or had a special impact on her profession, her community, or Wesleyan.

Sherry’s partner in life and work is Daniel S. Wright. They and their children make their home in the Lake Claire neighborhood of Atlanta. In addition to spending time with her daughter and son, Sherry’s personal interests include reading, yoga, walking (especially in the Olmsted Linear Parks), travel, and riding the occasional roller coaster.