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Michelle L. Lakomy

Immigration Judge, Annandale Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Lakomy76.7%
Annandale court79.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
270
Asylum granted
60
Other relief granted
3
Denied
207
Against own court
-2.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY25FY26
70%81%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 80% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (23%), Honduras (19.6%), Bolivia (13%), Guatemala (10%), Peru (4.1%).

Official biography

Michelle L. Lakomy was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Lakomy ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1994 from Rutgers College and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from Rutgers School of Law-Newark. From 2018 to 2022, she served as Resident Legal Advisor at the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT), Department of Justice, at the U.S. Embassy in Tirana, Albania, and from 2012 to 2018, she served as Resident Legal Advisor at the OPDAT office at the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo. From 2011 to 2012, she served as Civil Response Corps International Rule of Law Advisor at the OPDAT office in Washington, D.C. From 1999 to 2011, she served as an assistant prosecutor at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in Jersey City, New Jersey. From 1997 to 1999, she was an associate attorney at Shea & Novy, Attorneys-at-Law. Judge Lakomy is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the New York State 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.