Romy Lerner
Immigration Judge, Krome North Service Processing Center. Appointed May 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 212
- Asylum granted
- 16
- Other relief granted
- 37
- Denied
- 159
- Against own court
- -10.1 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86% | 72% | 66% | 79% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 53% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Haiti (16%), Cuba (14.2%), Guatemala (9.4%), Honduras (9.4%), Jamaica (8%).
Official biography
Romy L. Lerner was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in May 2022. Judge Lerner ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Columbia University and a Juris Doctorate in 2002 from Columbia University School of Law. From 2015 to 2022, she was the Associate Director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law, and from 2013 to 2015, she was a supervising attorney with the clinic. From 2010 to 2013, she was a supervising attorney at Americans for Immigrant Justice (formerly Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC)). From 2007 to 2010, and previously from 2005 to 2006, she was a staff attorney at FIAC. From 2006 to 2007, she was a Fulbright Fellow in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From 2002 to 2005, she was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Judge Lerner is a member of the Florida Bar and New York State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Miami - Krome
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.