On October 9, 2020, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the investiture of 20 new immigration judges [link] at immigration courts across the country. On December 18, 2020, the EOIR announced the investiture of an additional 14 immigration judges. The October announcement explained that “[s]ince Jan. 20, 2017, the [Department of Justice] has increased EOIR's immigration judge corps from 306 to 520 adjudicators — an increase of nearly 70 percent.” In this post, we will consolidate the October 9 and December 18 immigration judge investiture announcements, covering all 34 new immigration judges and listing the immigration courts on which they will serve. Each of the 34 new immigration judges was appointed by now-former U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr.
- DHS = Department of Homeland Security
- ICE = Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- CBP = U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- USCIS = U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- OCC = Office of Chief Counsel
- OPLA = Office of Principal Legal Advisor
- Atlanta — W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court [GA]
- Batavia Immigration Court [NY]
- Chicago Immigration Court [IL]
- Cleveland Immigration Court [OH]
- Dallas Immigration Court [TX]
- El Paso Immigration Court [TX]
- Falls Church Immigration Adjudication Center [VA]
- Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center [TX]
- Harlingen Immigration Court [TX]
- Houston Immigration Court [TX] (2)
- Houston — S. Gessner Road Immigration Court [TX]
- Imperial Immigration Court [CA]
- Los Angeles — Olive Immigration Court [CA]
- New York — Broadway Immigration Court [NY] (7)
- New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court [NY]
- New York — Varick Immigration Court [NY] (2)
- Otay Mesa Immigration Court [CA] (2)
- Otero Immigration Court [NM]
- Philadelphia Immigration Court [PA]
- Port Isabel Immigration Court [TX]
- San Antonio Immigration Court [TX]
- San Francisco Immigration Court [CA] (2)
- Seattle Immigration Court [WA]
- 1992: Earned J.D. from the City University of New York Law School
- 2015-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS in Atlanta and Lumpkin, Georgia
- 2014-2014: Local prosecutor
- 2009-2014: U.S. Army judge advocate
- 2008: Earned J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law
- 1993-1998: Private practice
- 1993: Earned J.D. from Capital University Law School
- 1999-2007: Local prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois
- 1994-1999: Served as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Navy
- 1994: Earned J.D. from DePaul University College of Law
- 2003-2012: Assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Ohio and in the Middle District of Florida
- 2002-2002: Private practice
- 1999-2002: Judge advocate in the U.S. Navy
- 1999: Earned J.D. from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
- 1994-1999: Police officer
- 2018-2020: Civilian legal counsel and policy advisor for the U.S. Department of Defense
- 2014-2018: Circuit military judge
- 2012-2014: Assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Arkansas
- 2005: Earned Master of Laws degree from the George Washington University School of Law
- 1994: Earned J.D. from the University of Arkansas
- 1994-1998: Senior Defense Counsel, Trial Defense Service, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps
- 1990-1994: Attorney and prosecutor with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps
- Earned J.D. from Hamline University School of Law
- 2004-2020: Chief of staff, special assistant and senior advisor, for the U.S. Border Patrol, CBP, DHS, in the District of Columbia
- 1996-1994: Sector counsel for the Laredo, Texas Sector, U.S. Border Patrol, CBP, DHS
- 1989: Earned J.D. from the College of William and Mary
- 1988-2018: U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps
- 1986-1990: Assistant district attorney for Lubbock and Midland Counties, in Texas
- 1984-1985: Private Practice
- 1984: Earned J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law
- 2017-2020: Immigration officer, Fraud Detection National Security Directorate, USCIS, DHS.
- 2012-2016: Private practice
- 2005-2012: Attorney advisor, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), DHS, in the District of Columbia
- 2001-2004: State prosecutor serving in Maryland
- 1986-2001: Private practice
- 1986: Earned J.D. from the Antioch School of Law
- 2009-2016: Local prosecutor in Arizona
- 2008: Earned J.D. from the University of Kansas, School of Law
- 2005: Earned Master of Laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
- 1999: Earned J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- 2010-2013: Law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda T. Walker, Northern District of Georgia, in Atlanta
- 2006-2010: Private practice
- 2006: Earned J.D. from Harvard Law School
- 2003: Earned J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law
- 2010: Earned Master of Laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
- 1997: Earned J.D. from the Southwestern University School of Law
- 2014-2020: Assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office (Manhattan)
- 2012-2014: Private Practice
- 2010: Earned J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center
- 2013-present: Officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the New York Army National Guard
- 2010-2016: Attorney at the Social Security Administration
- 2009: Earned J.D. from Fordham University School of Law
- 1994-2020: U.S. army judge advocate general officer
- 1993: Private practice
- 1992: Earned J.D. from Albany Law School
- 1984-1988: Army infantry officer
- 2014-2016: Judicial law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrea M. Simonton, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- Before 2014: Assistant state attorney in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office; Private practice
- 2003: Earned J.D. from New York Law School
- 1993-2001: Worked in corporate world, including for a publishing house
- 2001-2019: Private practice
- 2000: Earned J.D. from Brooklyn Law School
- 2006: Earned J.D. from Ave Maria School of Law
- 2016-2018: Served with the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, DOJ
- 2012: Earned Master of Laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
- 1994-2016: U.S. Army judge advocate in multiple positions
- 1989-2013: Enlisted infantry soldier in the New York Army National Guard
- 1991-1993: Clerk for the 60th Judicial District Court of Common Please, in Pike County, Pennsylvania
- 1991: Earned J.D. from the Syracuse University School of Law
- 1995-2010: Private practice
- 1994-1995: Policy advisor to the Governor of Puerto Rico
- 1993: Legislative assistant for the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, U.S. House of Representatives
- 1991: Earned J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico Law School
- 1981: Earned J.D. from Cleveland State University
- 2004: Earned J.D. from Saint John's University School of Law
- 2016-2018: Served at the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, including from 2017-2018 as chief appellate judge
- 1995-2020: Active duty judge advocate in the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps
- 2007: Earned Master of Laws from the George Washington University Law School
- 1995: Earned J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign
- 1994-1996: Trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section, Department of Justice
- 1994: Special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
- 1994: Earned J.D. from Stanford Law School
- 2016-2018: Assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas
- 2000-2016: Assistant attorney and chief of the Civil and Criminal Divisions, for the County of El Paso, Texas
- 1996-1999: Assistant district attorney for the 34th Judicial District of Texas
- 1995: Earned J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law
- 1986-1992: Served in the U.S. Army Reserve and Texas Army National Guard
- 1998-2015: Assistant federal public defender in Portland, Oregon and previously in various locations in Oklahoma
- 1996-1998: Public defender in Oklahoma
- 1995-1996: Judicial assistant to judge for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
- 1993-1995: Post-conviction defense counsel for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System
- 1993: Earned J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law
- 1993: Earned J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School
- 2006-2020: Attorney for U.S. Army South at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- 2002-2004: Assistant city attorney for San Antonio, Texas
- 1997: Earned J.D. from St. Mary's University
- 2014-2018: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in San Francisco, California
- 2013-2014: Private practice in San Francisco, California
- 2011-2013: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Los Angeles, California
- 2006-2011: Active duty as a judge advocate for the Marine Corps Forces Reserve
- 2004-2005: Private practice
- 2004: Earned J.D. from Washington University in Saint Louis School of Law
- 2011-2013: Prosecutor and special assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California
- 2010: Earned J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law
- 2009-2010: Cincinnati Prosecutor's office
- 2008-2009: Fellow with the Ohio Innocence Project
- 2004-2007: Substance abuse and mental illness case manager for non-profit
- 2015-2020: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in New York
- 2005-2015: Judicial law clerk at multiple Article III Courts
- 2005: Earned J.D. from New York University School of Law