About me
Born in Charlotte, NC to Greek immigrant parents, but raised in New York City, George Pappas, the Principal Owner of Pappas Legal, PLLC in Asheville, NC representing clients in Western North Carolina and nationwide in U.S. immigration law.
Most recently, Dr. Pappas was appointed by US Attorney General Merrick Garland as Federal Immigration Judge at the Boston and Chelmsford, MA immigration courts between 2023-2025.Between 2003 and 2023, Dr. Pappas represented clients nationwide and internationally in immigration cases, family law, criminal law, and civil litigation.
In addition to practicing law, since 2006, Dr. Pappas has researched and written his book The Literary and Legal Genealogy of Native American Dispossession - The Marshal Trilogy Cases 1823-1832 published by The Francis & Taylor Group, explaining how the U.S. Supreme Court blurred the distinction between literature and law, especially colonial literature, todispossess Native Americans of their land.
Dr. Pappas has also lectured on Native American law, history and culture in addition to U.S. Immigration Law at the University of London (Queen Mary College), The University of North Carolina (Asheville), Appalachian State University (Boone), Emory University)(Atlanta), The North Carolina Bar Association and the Buncombe County Bar Association.Dr. Pappas holds degrees from the London School of Economics & Political Science; The University of London, Delaware Law School, Widener University and Birkbeck College, University of London. Dr. Pappas earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Birkbeck College, University of London."
