Adam Panopoulos
Immigration Judge, Elizabeth Immigration Court. Appointed December 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 316
- Asylum granted
- 46
- Other relief granted
- 20
- Denied
- 250
- Against own court
- -5.6 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| 66% | 81% | 84% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 79% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Guatemala (12%), Mexico (8.9%), El Salvador (7.9%), Ecuador (7.6%), Honduras (7.6%).
Official biography
Adam G. Panopoulos was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in December 2022. Judge Panopoulos ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. From 2014 to 2022, he served as an assistant chief counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York City. From 2012 to 2014, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Harlingen suboffice, San Antonio, in Harlingen, Texas. From 2010 to 2012, he served as a judicial law clerk, and later as an attorney advisor, at the Atlanta Immigration Court entering on duty through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Judge Panopoulos is a member of the New York State Bar.
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Other judges at Elizabeth
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