Board of Immigration Appeals

The nineteen people who decide appeals from the immigration courts — and who appointed each of them.

MemberAppointedAppointing Attorney General
Garry D. MalphrusChief Appellate Immigration JudgeApril 2025Pamela Bondi
Stephanie E. GormanDeputy Chief Appellate Immigration JudgeJanuary 2026Pamela Bondi
Gregory RadicsDeputy Chief Appellate Immigration JudgeJanuary 2026Pamela Bondi
Roman Marian ChabanAppellate Immigration JudgeDecember 2025Pamela Bondi
Michael J. CreppyAppellate Immigration JudgeFebruary 2011Eric H. Holder Jr.
Sheila E. GallowAppellate Immigration JudgeAugust 2025Pamela Bondi
Marcos GemoetsAppellate Immigration JudgeAugust 2025Pamela Bondi
Deborah K. GoodwinAppellate Immigration JudgeAugust 2019William P. Barr
Renae M. HansellAppellate Immigration JudgeJanuary 2026Pamela Bondi
Keith E. HunsuckerAppellate Immigration JudgeAugust 2019William P. Barr
Sunita B. MahtabfarAppellate Immigration JudgeAugust 2020William P. Barr
Philip J. Montante Jr.Appellate Immigration JudgeApril 2020William P. Barr
Hugh MullaneAppellate Immigration JudgeAugust 2008Michael B. Mukasey
Sirce E. OwenAppellate Immigration JudgeAugust 2020William P. Barr
Kathleen K. VolkertAppellate Immigration JudgeAugust 2025Pamela Bondi
Georgina M. PicosTemporary Appellate Immigration JudgeDecember 2025Pamela Bondi
Jeb T. TerrienTemporary Appellate Immigration JudgeDecember 2025Pamela Bondi
Lynn WangTemporary Appellate Immigration JudgeMay 2026Todd Blanche
David WhiteTemporary Appellate Immigration JudgeMay 2026Todd Blanche

For the three leadership posts, EOIR's biography gives the date the member took that role, not the date they joined the Board, which EOIR does not publish. Those dates are labelled accordingly rather than presented as Board appointments.

Fourteen of the nineteen sitting members were appointed in 2025 or later, and only two predate the current administration by more than a decade: Hugh Mullane (2008) and Michael J. Creppy (2011). As with the immigration courts, appointing administration is shown to describe the composition of the bench, not to predict how any member votes.