Chicago, IL Immigration Court

38 judges with decisions since 2021 · Court asylum grant rate 45.6% (13,556 decisions)
Judges (most asylum decisions first)
Marc StahlChicago, ILAppointed August 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
51.3%asylum · 1,335 decisions
Craig A DefoeChicago, ILAppointed March 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG Matthew Whitaker
30.9%asylum · 1,182 decisions
Patrick M MckennaChicago, ILAppointed August 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
38.2%asylum · 1,082 decisions
Michael KlosowskyChicago, ILAppointed March 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
30.8%asylum · 1,073 decisions
Gina ReynoldsChicago, ILAppointed October 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
62.6%asylum · 855 decisions
Samia NaseemChicago, ILAppointed January 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
59.3%asylum · 779 decisions
Ana MenciniChicago, ILAppointed October 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
32.6%asylum · 714 decisions
Elizabeth CritesChicago, ILAppointed April 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
52.2%asylum · 712 decisions
Brendan C CurranChicago, ILAppointed October 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
29.4%asylum · 612 decisions
Michelle VenciChicago, ILAppointed August 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
29.3%asylum · 581 decisions
Joshua D LuskinChicago, ILAppointed October 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
42.4%asylum · 561 decisions
Eva S SaltzmanChicago, ILAppointed August 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
63.5%asylum · 542 decisions
Elizabeth TreacyChicago, ILAppointed August 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
52.2%asylum · 496 decisions
Kaarina SalovaaraChicago, ILAppointed August 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
46.2%asylum · 435 decisions
Sebastian T PattiChicago, ILAppointed October 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
81.1%asylum · 433 decisions
Robin J RoscheChicago, ILAppointed April 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
64.2%asylum · 388 decisions
Jody BarillaChicago, ILAppointed August 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
46.6%asylum · 367 decisions
Carla EspinozaChicago, ILAppointed August 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
60.5%asylum · 253 decisions
Philip FluhrChicago, ILAppointed November 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
45.6%asylum · 215 decisions
Kristi NelsonChicago, ILAppointed November 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
42.4%asylum · 172 decisions
Samuel B ColeChicago, ILAppointed August 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
18.1%asylum · 155 decisions
Jennifer I PeytonChicago, ILAppointed September 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
78.7%asylum · 136 decisions
Lori YokoyamaChicago, ILAppointed December 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
11.5%asylum · 122 decisions
Eliza KleinChicago, ILAppointed September 1994 · President Bill Clinton → AG Janet Reno
79.4%asylum · 107 decisions
Matthew C BeeseChicago, ILAppointed October 2025 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
5.8%asylum · 103 decisions
Maria Baldini-PoterminChicago, ILAppointed May 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
56.3%asylum · 87 decisions
Akash VyasChicago, ILAppointed March 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
12%⚠asylum · 25 decisions
Visiting Judge 1Chicago, IL
23.1%⚠asylum · 13 decisions
Visiting Judge 2Chicago, IL
0%⚠asylum · 11 decisions
Visiting Judge 3Chicago, IL
0%⚠asylum · 9 decisions
Shawn J AbrahamChicago, ILAppointed May 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Todd Blanche
0%⚠asylum · 1 decision
Albert J Charanza Jr.Chicago, ILAppointed July 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
—no asylum merits
IAD JudgeChicago, IL
—no asylum merits
Jaime PoarchChicago, ILAppointed May 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Todd Blanche
—no asylum merits
James R FujimotoChicago, ILAppointed June 1990 · President George H. W. Bush → AG Dick Thornburgh
—no asylum merits
Jennie L GiambastianiChicago, ILAppointed May 2002 · President George W. Bush → AG John Ashcroft
—no asylum merits
Maureen ZumwaltChicago, ILAppointed May 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Todd Blanche
—no asylum merits
Robert D VinikoorChicago, ILAppointed January 1984 · President Ronald Reagan → AG William French Smith
—no asylum merits
Sheila McnultyChicago, ILAppointed October 2010 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
—no asylum merits
Stephen W HarrellChicago, ILAppointed July 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
—no asylum merits