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Andrea Cole

Immigration Judge, Conroe Immigration Court. Appointed February 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Cole93.6%
Conroe court84.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
249
Asylum granted
13
Other relief granted
3
Denied
233
Against own court
+8.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25
93%96%92%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 38% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Venezuela (14.9%), Mauritania (12.4%), Colombia (12%), Honduras (7.6%), Nicaragua (5.6%).

Official biography

Andrea Cole was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Cole ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Stetson University College of Law. From 2016 to 2022, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Miami. From 2015 to 2016, she served as an asylum officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS, in Miami. From 2007 to 2015, she was an associate in Miami handling immigration cases before EOIR and USCIS at the following firms: The Law Offices of Carlos M. Duque, PA (2014-2015); Cordero & Associates, PA (2009-2014); Bernstein, Osberg-Braun & De Moraes, PA (2009); The Law Offices of Mario M. Lovo PA (2008-2009); The Law Offices of Lourdes Martinez- Esquivel, PA (2008); and The Law Offices of Eduardo Soto, PA (2007-2008). Judge Cole is a member of the Florida Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

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About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.