Thomas E. Fulghum Attorney at law

THOMAS E. FULGHUM

Thomas practices primarily immigration law. Thomas has represented clients before USCIS adjudication officers, in Immigration Court, and before the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Thomas also practices criminal defense, and has represented clients in State and Federal courts and before the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of North Carolina and in both the Middle and Eastern Federal District Courts of North Carolina.

Thomas is fluent in Spanish.


Education

Duke University School of Law, J.D. with Honors, 1998
  • Moot Court Board
  • Co-Founder of the ACLU's Duke Law Chapter
  • President of Prisoner Rights Project
University of Arizona, B.A. with Honors in English Literature, 1995
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Clinical externship with Tucson Ecumenical Council for Legal Assistance (Central American Refugee Aid Agency)

Experience

  • Private Practice - 2003-Present
  • Assistant Public Defender, Orange County, NC 1998-2003

Professional Associations

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chair, Carolinas Chapter, Unauthorized Practice Committee)
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • American Civil Liberties Union

Recent Presentations and Talks

  • Trends in Enforcement Against Alien Criminal Defendants: Durham County Criminal Defense Bar, May 3, 2007
  • Immigration Update: North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Convention, June 18, 2007
  • Unauthorized Practice of Law: Duke University School of Law Immigration Law Class, October 24, 2007
  • Charla sobre Inmigracion (Talk about Immigration), Iglesia Hispana Emanuel, Durham, NC, December 5, 2007
  • "Unlicensed Practice of Law Puts N.C. Immigrants at Risk," N.C. Advocates for Justice Trial Briefs, June 2009
  • Notarios, UPLers and Other Unsavory Characters, American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 5, 2009
  • "Battling Against Notarios: Waging War Against the Unlicensed, Unqualified, and Incompetent," Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, 2009


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