Laura N. Pierro
Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 434
- Asylum granted
- 105
- Other relief granted
- 34
- Denied
- 295
- Against own court
- -2.3 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62% | 58% | 47% | 91% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 88% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Ecuador (15.7%), Brazil (14.3%), Honduras (11.5%), Guatemala (10.4%), El Salvador (8.8%).
Official biography
Attorney General William Barr appointed Laura N. Pierro to begin hearing cases in October 2019. Judge Pierro ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 from the University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill, and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from Wake Forest University School of Law. In 2018,she served as the deputy executive assistant prosecutor in charge of litigation for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office (OCPO), in Toms River, New Jersey. From 2013 to 2018, she serve das the chief trial attorney for OCPO, in Toms River, New Jersey. From 2012 to 2013, she serve das a senior assistant prosecutor and trial team leader for the Presiding Criminal Judge of OCPO.From 2007 to 2013, she was the director of the Special Victims' Unit at OCPO. From 1999 to2007, she served OCPO as an assistant prosecutor in the Grand Jury, Juvenile and Trial Sections. From 1997 to 1998, she served as a law clerk to three criminal jud ges of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth Vicinage and the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Judge Pierro isa member of the District of Columbia Bar and New Jersey State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Newark
Court page →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.