Mary C. Lee
Immigration Judge, Philadelphia Immigration Court. Appointed May 2019 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 1,451
- Asylum granted
- 489
- Other relief granted
- 81
- Denied
- 881
- Against own court
- +2.0 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61% | 44% | 44% | 60% | 64% | 76% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 91% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Guatemala (18.7%), Brazil (16.8%), Honduras (9.5%), Russia (5%), Belarus (4.5%).
Official biography
Attorney General William Barr appointed Mary C. Lee to begin hearing cases in May 2019.Judge Lee ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Rutgers University. From 2015 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel for Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From 2013 to 2015, she served as an assistant chief counsel for OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Baltimore, Maryland. From 2010 to 2013, she served asan assistant chief counsel for OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Atlanta, Georgia. From 2009 to 2010, sheserved as a judicial law clerk in the Superior Court of New Jersey. From 2000 to 2006, sheserved in the U.S. Air Force in the following locations: Warner Robins Air Force Base, Georgia;Taegu, South Korea; Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; and Balad, Iraq. Judge Lee is a memberof the New Jersey State Bar and New York Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Philadelphia
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.