Silvia Lopez
Immigration Judge, New York - Varick. Appointed November 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 118
- Asylum granted
- 84
- Other relief granted
- 6
- Denied
- 28
- Against own court
- -37.2 pts
| FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|
| 20% | 29% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Official biography
Silvia Lopez was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Lopez ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Saint Mary's College of California and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from New York Law School. From 2021 to 2023, she served as an administrative law judge for New York State. From 2013 to 2021, she was in private practice at The Law Office of Silvia Lopez with a primary focus on criminal defense litigation in New York. From 2008 to 2013, she was an assistant public defender at the Monroe County Public Defender's Office in New York. From 2002 to 2004, she worked as a landlord-tenant counselor for Sentinel Fair Housing in Oakland, California. Judge Lopez is a member of the New York State Bar.
In the record
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