Mr. Chapman has been a Board Certified Immigration Specialist since 1997. He
graduated from UNC-CH 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). More recently, he served on AILA’s Liaison
Committee with the DHS Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
(2008-2009), as a Mentor for AILA since 2003 to present in the areas of
Business Immigration: Employment Based Immigrants: Labor Certification,
Business Immigration: Employment Based Non-Immigrants: E treaty Categories and
Ethics, and on the 2008 Strategic Planning Committee to evaluate Missions,
Goals and Programs for AILA National. He also served as member of AILA’s H-2B
committee and he was a moderator for AILA Silver Circle in 2012. He is
co-founder of the North Carolina Legal Immigration Coalition. 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.

He was Co-Captain of the Men’s Varsity Swimming Team at the University of North Carolina from 1971-1973. He qualified and competed in the 1970 and 1973 NCAA Swimming Championships (best finish; 17th in 1650 freestyle, 1973, Knoxville, TN). He was also ACC Champion in the 400-yard Individual Medley, 1970. He was a High School All-American, 200-yard Individual Medley. He also competes in US Masters Swimming on the state and national levels (best finish: 4th in 1000-yard freestyle at 2012 and 2016 Masters Nationals Championship 60-64 age group). In 2012 he placed in the Top 10 at the US Masters Swim National Championships in three events. He is conversant in Spanish. Mr. Chapman and his wife, Linda, have two children and five grandchildren.