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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Dawn Kulick

Immigration Judge, Philadelphia Immigration Court. Appointed December 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Kulick43.6%
Philadelphia court58.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
358
Asylum granted
138
Other relief granted
64
Denied
156
Against own court
-15.1 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
39%29%56%54%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 88% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Guatemala (26.3%), Honduras (12%), El Salvador (5.6%), Russia (4.7%), Brazil (4.5%).

Official biography

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Dawn M. Kulick as an Immigration Judge in December 2020. Judge Kulick ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 from Chatham College and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from New York Law School. From 2016 to 2020, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,Department of Homeland Security, in Miami and Philadelphia. From 2014 to 2016, she served as a judicial law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for U.S.Magistrate Judge Andrea M. Simonton, in Miami. For eight years, she served as an assistant state attorney, felony division chief, and homicide prosecutor in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. For two years, she worked as a business development specialist, National Litigation Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig PA, in Miami. Prior to law school, she worked in the corporate world for eight years, in New York. Her experience there includes Harper Collins Publishers, Children's Books, and the Business Affairs Department, International Division of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Judge Kulick is a member of the Florida State Bar.

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

In the record

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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.