Wendy Wedderburn
Immigration Judge, New York - Varick. Appointed November 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 317
- Asylum granted
- 125
- Other relief granted
- 5
- Denied
- 187
- Against own court
- -1.9 pts
| FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|
| 48% | 65% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 82% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Official biography
Wendy P. Wedderburn was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Wedderburn ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from Hofstra University, a Juris Doctor in 2003 from Touro Law school, and a Master of Laws in 2006 from Hofstra University. From 2009 to 2023, she served as an administrative law judge with the New York State Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board in Hauppauge, New York. From 2006 to 2009, she served as an agency attorney for the New York City Administration for Children's Services in Queens, New York. From 2004 to 2006, she was in-house counsel at Nationwide Insurance Company in Woodbury, New York. From 2003 to 2005, she was a volunteer attorney for the Refugee Assistance Program in New York, New York. From 2002 to 2003, she was a legal intern for the International Human Rights Asylum Clinic in Huntington, New York. Judge Wedderburn is a member of the New York State Bar.
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