His legal career has spanned representation of individuals charged with major offenses from Watergate to the present time.
As a lieutenant in the Navy JAG Corps following law school, Sharp served as a trial attorney at courts-martial, and also in an investigative capacity respecting the massive Gulf of Tonkin fire aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59), and later as a counsel to the Supreme Allied Commander respecting the loss of the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion in the North Atlantic.
[citation needed] Since leaving the US Attorney's office, Sharp has represented numerous individuals and corporate interests as well.
Other representations attracting wide exposure have included Jeb Stuart Magruder during the Watergate period; President Richard Nixon's close confidant Charles "Bebe" Rebozo; Oscar Wyatt; Clifford Irving; and on an international level, among others, Philippines General Fabian Ver.
Sharp's representation of professional athletes includes Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte and Sammy Sosa.