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Lawrence O. Burman

Immigration Judge, Annandale Immigration Court. Appointed April 1998.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Burman5.8%
Arlington court46.3%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
380
Asylum granted
341
Other relief granted
17
Denied
22
Against own court
-40.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24
5%6%9%4%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 94% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (28.2%), Honduras (21.1%), Ethiopia (9.2%), Guatemala (9.2%), China (4.2%).

Official biography

Judge Burman was appointed as an Immigration Judge in April 1998. Prior to his appointment at the Immigration Court in Memphis, Judge Burman served as an Immigration Judge at the Immigration Court in Los Angeles from April 1998 to February 2002. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1971, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland in 1978. From 1991 to 1998, Judge Burman worked as an assistant district counsel for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Baltimore, Maryland. He served as assistant general counsel at INS Headquarters in Washington, DC, from 1990 to 1991. Judge Burman worked as a general attorney for INS in Baltimore, from 1988 to 1990. From 1978 to 1988, he worked as an attorney in private practice in Baltimore. Judge Burman was in the U.S. Army from 1971 to 1975, and in the Maryland National Guard from 1975 to 1993. He is a member of the Maryland 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.