Chapman & Roberts, P.A.

Focus and practice areas

The firm works in one field of law: immigration. From an office in Greensboro, North Carolina, Chapman & Roberts, P.A. helps people who are moving to the United States, along with the employers and families who sponsor them. That single focus shapes how the whole firm reads.

Five practice areas sit on the site. Family based green cards and naturalization and citizenship cover the path toward permanent residence and, in time, a passport. Employment visas apply to workers and the companies that hire them. Removal and deportation work covers clients who have been placed in immigration court. Asylum and victim cases handle people who need protection to remain in the country.

Each of those areas answers a different question a client might arrive with. A family petition and a deportation defense call for different skills and different timelines. In my opinion, keeping all five under one roof is useful, since a single household can touch several of them over a few years.

How the team is built

Four attorneys make up the firm, and the site gives each one a short biography. Gerry Chapman has the longest record of the group.He has been certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a Board Certified Immigration Law Attorney since 1997, a legal certification recognized in the state. He earned a BA in International Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1973 and a JD, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1978. He speaks Spanish and holds his license in North Carolina.

Adam Roberts is the partner whose name completes the firm. He joined in October 2018. Roberts grew up in Newberry, South Carolina, and graduated from Newberry College in 2014 with a BA in International Studies, the same undergraduate field Chapman studied. He too holds his license in North Carolina.

Two associate attorneys round out the roster. Andrea Pascal is licensed in North Dakota and speaks Spanish. Bryan Hernandez is licensed in North Carolina and also speaks Spanish. A team where several attorneys speak Spanish carries a plain benefit in immigration work, since clients often make that first call during a tense stretch of their lives.

Languages and licensing reach

Three of the four attorneys list Spanish among the languages they use with clients: Gerry Chapman, Andrea Pascal, and Bryan Hernandez. For a Spanish speaking client, working with a lawyer directly, without a middleman translating each answer, can change how much of a case a person actually follows.

The licensing spread is worth a note as well. Chapman, Roberts, and Hernandez are admitted in North Carolina, while Pascal is admitted in North Dakota. Immigration law is federal, so much of this work runs through federal agencies and courts wherever a client happens to live. The North Carolina base still tells a client where the firm sits day to day.

A precedent in the record

One matter in Chapman's history reaches past any single client. In 2016 he represented Dr. Dhanasar in Matter of Dhanasar, a decision that set a new standard for National Interest Waiver cases.

Some context helps a reader place that. A National Interest Waiver lets certain people seek a green card on the strength of their work, without the usual job offer or labor certification. A named, citable decision becomes a reference point that later filings lean on. As a reviewer, I read Chapman's role in that case as a concrete marker of experience rather than a line of marketing copy.

The firm presents the case plainly, tied to a year and a named client. That kind of specific claim is one a reader can look up in the public record. It also points to the sort of matter that shapes how a rule gets applied afterward.

Who the firm serves

The client base runs across borders. By the firm's own account, its clients come from many countries and include workers, students, and business employees who want to live or work in the United States. Those groups rarely follow the same filing, and that variety matches the practice areas the site lists.

Some of those clients need a petition prepared and filed with the immigration service. Others face a hearing where the ruling decides whether they can stay. Chapman & Roberts lists work in both categories, which is worth knowing before a first call.

Reading the credentials

Weigh what the site documents and a settled structure appears: a board certified lead attorney, a named partner, and two associate attorneys, all working the same area of law. The dates attached to those roles are specific. Chapman's certification goes back to 1997. Roberts joined the firm in October 2018. Those are checkable details, the kind a reader can confirm for themselves. The same firm name and office details also appear across the home, about, practice, and contact pages, and in the site's structured data.

The firm keeps its base in North Carolina, where three of its four named attorneys hold their license.