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Gerry Chapman, “Immigration in America, Beyond the Borders” (December 4)

December 4, 2024 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Gerry Chapman, Board Certified Immigration Specialist and Licensed Attorney, Chapman and Roberts, Immigration Law Firm

Immigration in America, Beyond the Borders

Gerry Chapman has been a Board-Certified Immigration Specialist since 1997. He graduated from UNCCH in 1973 with a BA in International Studies, and in 1978 he received his JD, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law.

He is a past Trustee of the American Immigration Law Foundation (2004-2008). He served as Chair of the Carolinas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), as a member of AILA’s Board of Governors from 1998-2000, and as Chair or Co-Chair of three national AILA Committees: Immigrant Investor Visa Committee (1990-1993), Committee on Intracompany Transferees and International Managers and Executives (1993-1994), and Essential Worker Committee (1999-2004) (2007-2008). He has served as a Mentor for AILA from 2003 to present in the areas of Business Immigration: Employment Based Immigrants: Labor Certification, and Business Immigration: Employment Based Non-Immigrants: E treaty Categories and Ethics. He also served on the 2008 Strategic Planning Committee to evaluate Missions, Goals and Programs for AILA National. He has been a member of AILA’s H-2B committee, and he moderated AILA Silver Circle in 2012. From 2008 to 2009, he served on AILA’s Liaison Committee with the DHS Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).

Mr. Chapman has authored articles in several AILA publications, co-edited the 2007 AILA Handbook on Workplace Enforcement, has lectured at immigration seminars in the United States and abroad, and served as Immigration Commentator for Triad Business Journal in 2011. He has been heavily involved in AILA’s efforts to secure immigration reform on a national level. Mr. Chapman is included in the 2007-2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, in the specialty of Immigration Law. He also has been chosen for inclusion in the Super Lawyers list for immigration specialists in North Carolina since 2007. The Super Lawyer designation is restricted to the top 5% of attorneys in each state. He was one of only eight immigration lawyers in North Carolina to be chosen in 2016. He is also included in the 2013-2024 editions of The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers. He recently served a three-year term on the NC State Bar Specialization Committee for Immigration for North Carolina (2016-2019).

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Details

Date:
December 4, 2024
Time:
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
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Venue

Terrace at the Greensboro Coliseum
1921 West Gate City Boulevard
Greensboro, NC 27403 United States
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Phone
(336) 373-7400