Blair Carpenter Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Banking & Capital Markets with a focus on commercial real estate finance.

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Prepared nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications & petitions, including L-1, H-1B, AOS, EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 visa types.
• Specialized in high-complexity Request for Evidence cases and high salary grade client cases.

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

• Assisted in-house counsel of a large multinational company (energy technology sector) with strategizing and drafting work-from-home reimbursement procedures during COVID-19, social media policies, and on-call shift.
• Participated in pre-trial phone calls, virtual depositions, and trial hearings, including drafting summary litigation documents.
• Worked with immigration manager and outside counsel on employee immigration petitions.

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Prepared immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications and petitions for filing.
• Managed large caseload of clients in industries including, but not limited to, automotive, manufacturing, information technologies, and engineering.

Huntersville, NC

• Served as advocate for our families in legal system, immigration issues, educational system, and healthcare needs.
• Worked as primary crisis care provider for the organization’s Spanish-speaking clients for health crises, home fires, sexual assault experiences, grief, domestic violence, and legal issues.
• Served as leader in strategic planning, budgeting, and assessment needs for organization.
• Wrote organization’s grant applications, developed new partnerships, led financial campaigns, hosted fundraisers, stewarded donor relationships.
• Grew the youth program from an informal homework help space to an established after school program consistently meeting the high needs of the neighborhood’s youth.
• Taught Adult ESL Courses and a weekly story hour program for the 3-year-olds of the neighborhood.

Elyria, OH

• Planned and organized a Summer Social Event for the Elyria Child Enrichment Center.
• Used Spanish skills to aid in interpretation between staff and clients; identified a need to revamp the organization’s approach to Spanish-speaking clients through the translation of all major organization documents.
• Initiated and wrote two grant applications to introduce a summer gardening program to Neighborhood Alliance’s Haven Center, an extended-stay homeless shelter, and the Elyria Child Enrichment Center.
• Contacted over 200 local businesses to secure donations for organization’s annual Champions for Charity Golf Tournament.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Board Member: Moot Court; Notes & Comments Editor: Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy; Research Assistant.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Cum Laude, Hispanic Studies Major, Religion Minor

Activities and Societies: Co-President of Be The Match On Campus; Member of Rusk Eating House; Journey to El Salvador Participant; Lake.

Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Class Secretary, 4 years; President of National English Honor Society; Active member of National Honor Society.