Appellate Immigration Judge, Board of Immigration Appeals
Attorney General Pamela Bondi appointed Marcos Gemoets as an Appellate Immigration Judge in August 2025. Judge Gemoets earned a Bachelor of Science in 1999 from Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from St. Mary’s School of Law. From June 2025 to August 2025, he served as a Temporary Appellate Immigration Judge. From August 2017 to June 2025, he served as an Immigration Judge at the Houston – Jefferson Street Immigration Court, formerly known as the Houston – Smith Street Immigration Court, and during this time, from February 2020 to January 2021, he served as a Temporary Appellate Immigration Judge. From 2011 to 2017, he was an attorney at the Law Office of Marcos Gemoets PC, in Houston. From 2007 to 2011, he was in private practice in Chicago. From 2006 to 2007, he was a senior policy analyst for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. From 2003 to 2006, he was an attorney, then director of immigration services, for the Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio. In 2003, he was in private practice, also in San Antonio. Judge Gemoets is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
Adapted from EOIR’s published biography of this member, read August 8, 2026.