Chapman Law Firm - 403-A North Elm Street - Greensboro, NC 27401 | Phone: (336) 334-0034 | Fax: (336) 334-0036 | www.chapman-immig.com

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Gerard M. Chapman,
Attorney At Law, Board Certified Specialist
Conversant in Spanish
E-Mail: gerrychapman@chapman-immig.com 

Gerard Chapman is the founder of Chapman Law Firm, located in Greensboro, NC. He has been a Board Certified Immigration Specialist since 1997. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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 Trustee of the American Immigration Law Foundation (2004-present). He served as Chair of the Carolinas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), as a member of AILA's Board of Governers from 1998-2000, and as Chair or Co-Chair of three national AILA Committees: the Immigrant Investor Visa Committee (1990-93), the Committee on Intracompany Transferees and International Managers and Executives (1993-94) and the Essential Worker Committee (1999-2004). He now serves on AILA's Liaison Committee with the DHS Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), and on AILA's Essential Worker Committee, and has served as a Mentor for AILA (2003-present). Mr. Chapman has authored articles in several AILA publications and has lectured at immigration seminars in the United States and abroad. He has been heavily involved in AILA's efforts to secure immigration reform on a national level. He was included in the 2007 edition of the Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Immigration Law. He is conversant in Spanish.
Gema J. Hall,
Attorney At Law, Native Spanish Speaker
E-Mail: gemahall@chapman-immig.com   

Gema Junco Hall received a B.A. in Political Science and Women’s Studies from Florida International University in 1999 and a M.A. in History in 2004, with an emphasis on contemporary Spanish gender and legal studies, also from Florida International University. She obtained her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2007. During law school she was a member of Wake Forest’s Moot Court Team and worked as a teaching and research assistant for the Legal Research Department. Mrs. Hall, a native Spanish speaker, was born in Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to the United States in May of 1980. She studied extensively in Madrid and Granada, Spain, and has been a community advocate on voter education and civic participation programs, and various political campaigns. Mrs. Hall is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the NC Bar Association, and the Greensboro Bar Association.

Kelly Gamble, Senior Paralegal
E-Mail: kellygamble@chapman-immig.com

Sara Thomas, NCCP, Paralegal/IT Administrator
E-Mail: sarathomas@chapman-immig.com

Cyndi Jones, Paralegal
E-mail: cyndijones@chapman-immig.com

Jessica Yanez, Law Clerk/Reasearcher, Fluent in Spanish
E-mail: jessicayanez@chapman-immig.com

Chatonda "CC" Covington, MBA, Office Administrator
E-Mail: CCovington@chapman-immig.com

Linda Chapman, Client Account Administrator
E-Mail: lindachapman@chapman-immig.com

Sally Flynt, Assistant Office Administrator, Fluent in Spanish
E-Mail: sallyflynt@chapman-immig.com

Martha A. Whittemore, Administrative Assistant/Interpreter, Conversant in Spanish
E-Mail: marthawhittemore@chapman-immig.com

The firm also can arrange for interpreter assistance in several other languages. Several members of the firm are certified Notaries Public.