Philip A. Barr

Immigration Judge, Atlanta W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court. Appointed January 2020 by William P. Barr.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+21.5 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Barr84.4%

Atlanta court82.4%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 295
Asylum granted: 43
Other relief granted: 3
Denied: 249
Against own court: +2.0 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21	FY22	FY23
90%	88%	64%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 91% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Guatemala (34.6%), El Salvador (25.1%), Honduras (20%), Mexico (11.9%), Venezuela (3.1%).

Official biography

Attorney General Barr appointed Philip A. Barr to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Barr ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 from University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from Birmingham School of Law. From 2015 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel (OCC), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Atlanta. From 2010 to 2015, he served as an assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Port Isabel and San Antonio, Texas. From 2004 to 2010, he was an immigration and criminal defense attorney in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. Judge Barr is a member of the Alabama State Bar and State Bar of Texas.

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.