Douglas B. Thie graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2012. He focused his legal education on immigration law and international law. He was Vice-President of the Immigration Law Association and participated in the Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic. While participating in the Clinic he spoke as a panelist at the 2012 Chapel Hill Human Rights Conference on immigrant human rights issues. He also served as an Articles Editor for the North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation and received the Weisburd Award for exceptional leadership and commitment to the Journal. During law school he interned with a number of different organizations and gained experience in working with Spanish-speaking clients. In addition, he worked as a summer associate with large and small law firms on business immigration matters and complex commercial litigation issues.
Mr. Thie received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Wofford College in 2009. He majored in Spanish with a concentration in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and has spent extensive time in Mexico and South America.
Mr. Thie is admitted to practice in Michigan and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is fluent in oral and written Spanish.
Douglas B. Thie se graduó en la Facultad de Derecho en la Universidad de Carolina del Norte en 2012. Él enfocó su educación legal en la ley de inmigración y la ley internacional. Douglas fue el vicepresidente de la Immigration Law Association y participó en una clínica de inmigración y los derechos humanos, y habló sobre los derechos humanos de los inmigrantes en el 2012 Chapel Hill Human Rights Conference. Él sirvió como Articles Editor para la North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation y se recibió un premio por su liderazgo excepcional. Douglas adquirió experiencia en el ámbito de inmigración familiar y comercial mientras de trabajaba en dos diferente clínicas de derecho de inmigración y para una oficina de abogados de inmigración.
Douglas se graduó en la Facultad de Español con una Concentración en Estudios Latinoamericanos y Caribes en Wofford College en 2009. Él ha vivido en Chile y ha pasado tiempo en México y Sudamérica. Douglas habla español con fluidez.
Douglas es un miembro de la American Immigration Lawyers Association y es autorizado para ejercer en Michigan.