Themistoklis Aliferis
Immigration Judge, New York - Varick. Appointed February 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 138
- Asylum granted
- 73
- Other relief granted
- 0
- Denied
- 65
- Against own court
- -13.8 pts
| FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|
| 36% | 52% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 76% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Official biography
Themistoklis E. Aliferis was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Aliferis ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1996 from Louisiana Tech University and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from Louisiana State University – Paul M. Hebert Law Center. From 2018 to 2022, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Miami. From 2007 to 2018, he was a solo practitioner represent ing noncitizens in Miami before the immigration court and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS. From 2005 to 2006, he was an associate attorney at Alipaz Abogados and later at Bolet & Terrero in La Paz, Bolivia, handling international trade transactions. From 2002 to 2005, he counseled commercial clients in Montreal, Canada. From 2001 to 2002, he practiced civil litigation at the law firm of Chopin, Wager, Cole, Richard, Reboul and Kutcher LLP in New Orleans. In 2000, he served as a judicial law clerk in the 15th Judicial District Court of Louisiana. Judge Aliferis is a member of the Florida Bar and the Louisiana State Bar.
In the record
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