#justice for Varick

[meriandre]

🐉Maevaris Tilani 🐉

She’s one of my favorite character in the Dragon Age comics.

I'm not very happy with how she is in Veilguard and she deserves more importance. She deserves the world!

I decided to draw her to do her justice. 💕

[yr-obedt-cicero]

hey bestie. i was wondering if you knew how court records were made. bc i know today we have shorthand keyboards for that purpose, so i figured they had to have some form of writing down what was said in court fast enough to get everything written down accurately. i was specifically thinking of the Lee trial, if that helps. thanks a bunch ily /p 🫶🫶

Pretty similarly to what we have today, although it was moreso usually three clerks who wrote everything down. In average colonial life, County Clerk's were established to assist in the operation of the county court. The clerk kept track of cases heard by the court, issued writs and warrants, and recorded documents that were required by law to be filed with the county court. County clerks were appointed by the governor for indefinite terms during the colonial period. And they were appointed by the county justices under the 1776 Constitution, after 1790, they were appointed by the county court judges for a term of good behavior.

But in the military - where there wasn't a professional court setting in place - proceedings were written by those who were assigned to. More about court martials here. Records like original proceedings can often be found in orderly books or journals. [x] Although oftentimes records could be copied and altered with bias, like the Varick transcription. Copied by Richard Varick, they were copies of papers created during the American Revolution in Washington's hold. And he could sometimes dramatize things. Especially surrounding Lee's court martial and conduct on the battlefield with several contrasting descriptions. As Lender and Stone write;

The transcript of the court-martial of Major General Charles Lee is the best single source of information on the Battle of Monmouth. Used carefully and coor-dinated with other contemporary sources, the court-martial record has allowed us to present a coherent account of the fi ghting on the morning of 28 June 1778. There are several versions of the transcript, however, each with some minor differences. We have used a pri-vately printed version—Proceedings of a Court-Martial . . . for the Trial of Major-General Lee—from 1864, a reprint of the original that appears complete in all respects and is readily available to scholars.

Source — Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle, by Mark Edward Lender, Garry Wheeler Stone · 2016

Which you can read right here. Hope this helps!

[maxwell-grant]

Jumping off from my previous question/suggestion, might I please ask if there are any superheroes you think would make fine Pulp Villains and any Supervillains you think would make convincing Pulp Heroes?

I'm gonna go ahead and remark that I'd personally suggest to anyone who's trying to create pulp characters inspired by superheroes (which would be probably about 90% of you who may want to do that sort of thing) to flip the script around a little. As in, don't try to create pulp analogues to the Justice League/Avengers upfront, but play around with some of the lesser-known icons and filter those through your idea of what “pulp” means (which is gonna be quite different than my own or anyone else’s). 

I’m not gonna really mention characters I’ve already talked about before like Vandal Savage or Namor, instead I’ll pick new ones and see what can be highlighted about them.

Regarding “Superheroes who could make fine/convincing Pulp Villains”, even though he’s a character I've read basically nothing on, Martian Manhunter definitely leaped out to me as an obvious option. He’s a Sci-Fi Superman who takes the first half of the name to an extreme that borders on comical, except he’s not a square-jawed white man, he’s a 1.000 year old green alien from Mars with shapeshifting powers who can look as monstrous as the artist desires. He’s the product of an advanced civilization and genetic modification, and on top of the Flying Brick powerset and shapeshifting, he also has incredibly powerful and extensive telepathic abilities, he can become invisible, phaze through matter, use telekinesis and other weird abilities. A lot of pulp stories closer to sci-fi were based around the idea of taking one of these abilities and extrapolating horrific consequences for them, and J’onn has those by the dozens. He also has an extremely mundane weakness that would allow him to be beaten by Macready with a blowtorch if that’s where the story ended.

He was also a law enforcement officer from Mars who became a police detective and it’s even right there in his name, and again, I have never read anything he’s in (I should probably pick the Orlando mini), I know he’s for all intents and purposes a generally nice man who tends to job a lot in crossovers and cartoons, but the idea of taking all those great vast and horrifying alien powers, combining all of them into a single character who also happens to be the last survivor of a doomed planet (and one who actually lived through it’s collapse), and then making that character a former cop trying to resume his work on Earth? 

That is a Pulp Supervillain begging to happen, and a particularly horrifying one at that. And hey, speaking of The Thing-

Now, Plastic Man’s potential for horror has already been explored quite a bit in some of the darker DC continuities like Injustice and DCeased, and it’s quite funny seeing a lot of these turn Plastic Man into The Thing because there were quite a handful of Wold Newton pages that ran with the idea that Macready from the original story was Doc Savage, and that the secret chemicals that Eel O’Brian was hit by that gave him his powers were actually samples of The Thing contained in one of Savage’s labs. Regardless, the idea of a former street crook suddenly gaining bizarre shapeshifting abilities that allow him to reign terror on his gangster associates could make for a great premise as a pulp crime story that veers into horror as the gangsters gradually figure out what is Eel O’Brian’s deal, and then the story can take a more tragic turn.

The thing about Jack Cole’s Plastic Man that modern takes on the character neglect is that, while Plas was a lively roguish anti-hero (arguably the first of it’s kind in comics), he’s still for intents and purposes “the straight man” (HA, right, Plastic Man being “straight”). He’s the relatively sane hero who plays off Woozy’s wackier misadventures and the imaginative madness that Jack Cole paints his adventures with, and it makes for an interesting contrast considering Plastic Man is already a weird character, having to ramp up the strangeness of the world around him so that he still remains the sane man. There are ways to twist this into something quite horrifying, even tragic for Plastic Man as he either struggles to maintain coherency, or embraces the shifting chaos the world’s spiraling into for better or worse (and definitely for the worse towards those on the receiving end of his vengeance, or even his humor).

Now, onto the flipside, regarding Supervillains that could become Pulp Heroes -

Normally I’d not mention the Batman villains here, because I already have a lot to talk about in regards to them as is, they comprise some of my favorite comic characters, but I pretty much have to make an exception for Two-Face in this topic, as not only a pretty obvious option but one with even case studies to prove it, as not only do we have The Black Bat, a 1930s costumed pulp hero with an identical origin story and several other conceptual overlaps with Batman, as well as The Whisperer, a young hotshot police commissioner who dresses up as a disfigured vigilante to kill criminals without consequence (and who’s somehow less of a maniacal asshole in his secret identity than in his regular one), but it turns out that there actually was a 1910s pulp hero called The Two-Faced Man:

Crewe was created by “Varick Vanardy,” the pseudonym of Frederic van Rensselaer Dey (Nick Carter, Doctor Quartz), and appeared in three short stories and two novels and short story collections from 1914 to 1919, beginning with “That Man Crew” (The Cavalier, Jan. 24, 1914). 

Crewe is “The Two-Faced Man.” 

He is in his forties and has gray hair and a “sharply cut and handsome profile—until one caught a view of the other side of his face and saw the almost hideous blemish that nearly covered it, and which graduated in corrugated irregularity from a delicate pink to repulsive purple.” 

Crewe is two-faced in another way. Crewe is a saloon owner in below Washington Square. But he has another identity: Birge Moreau, portraitist and socialite hanger-on. Crewe uses both his identities to solve crimes as an amateur detective.

The only person to know about both of Crewe’s identities is a police inspector who is also Crewe’s friend and who Crewe helps in pressing cases - The Encyclopedia of Pulp Heores by Jess Nevins

And speaking of obvious picks for Supervillains turned Pulp Heroes,

Assuming I even need to make a case for Kraven the Hunter other than just presenting this cropped panel from Squirrel Girl and in particular the art painted on the Kra-Van, or even just telling you to read Squirrel Girl and it’s take on “The Unhuntable Sergei” (I had no idea most of the people saying “Kraven’s arc in Squirrel Girl is as good if not better than Kraven’s Last Hunt” weren’t actually joking in the slightest and I speak as someone who has Kraven among their absolute favorite Marvel characters, it had no right being that good), I’m going to quote the brilliant Rogue’s Review from The Mindless Ones that lays down in painstaking detail why Kraven could make a killer protagonist in that horrifically over-the-top pulp fashion

One thing that strikes me writing this, is how well Kraven could hold his own comic. There’s always room for a book spotlighting a ruthless, hardcore, gentleman bastard, and Kraven’s raison d’etre makes him supremely versatile, so well suited to any genre, any environment. It’s odd that more writers haven’t jumped on the fact that in a universe where off-world travel is possible – indeed, common – a hunter like Kraven would have a field day. 

I can just imagine the opening scene – herds of weird cthuloid bat creatures grazing in the gloomy green nitrogen fields, bathed in lethal, bone splintering fog, when, suddenly, LIGHT! from above and an unholy bellowing: “CTHGRGN fthgrgnARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGN!”

They look up in fear and then they start to run – ploughing into and over each other, tentacles flailing, as from the space-ship’s docking bay Kraven silently plummets, barely dressed for the cold, a glowing knife smothered in elder signs jammed between his teeth. 

You should have seen him one night previous, sipping alien tokay around the Captain’s table with the other guests, discussing the morning’s hunt; and the way he insulted the Skrull dignitary by forgetting himself and accidentally sporting his favourite piece of formal wear: his boiling unstable dinner-jacket of many colours, fashioned from the hide of one of the Ambassador’s super kinsmen.

Whoops!

Midway through Kraven explaining how the best way to irreparably damage a symbiote is to wait until its bonded with you and then seriously maim yourself, the Skrull decided it might be a good idea to simmer down, while his beautiful Inhuman lover hung on every word.

The deeper I get into this the more convinced I am that the MU’s hunter-killer extraordinaire wouldn’t limit himself to bloody planet Earth. And neither would he limit himself to this dimension, or universe or timeline. The guy’d be just as at home leaping, sword raised, onto the back of a T-Rex in the Savage Land, as he would be ploughing through werewolves in the graveyards of Arkham or tracking a howling Demon across Mephistopheles’ realm. 

He’d work perfectly in all these environments because he has a damn good reason to be casting a bloody swathe through them: wherever there’s big game, you’ll find Kraven.

The next choice I guess is an oddball, but not that much of an oddball if you know already what is my main frame of reference towards Marvel

I don’t think people appreciate enough that the main reason Shuma-Gorath has anything resembling a fanbase has nothing whatsoever to do with the comics he was in, but entirely because, when Capcom designers had a list of Marvel characters to pick from to work on Marvel Super Heroes, they took a look at the diet Cthulhu and went “gimme THAT one”, and then went all-in in giving the alien squid monster a funky personality along with a great stage and music and animations and all that great fighting game character stuff, and now he’s maybe the most popular Dr Strange villain along with Dormammu and Mordo, despite having ZERO film appearences or major showings in comic sagas.

Capcom's designers redefined Shuma-Gorath from a nebulous cosmic evil into a comically smug cartoon bastard who can rant about devouring all dimensions and souls horrifically while also cracking poses and zingers like “How do you expect to win a fight with only two arms?” and having dinners with Dhalsim or hosting Japanese game shows in his endings, and it kills me that none of this ever made it’s way into any depictions of the character outside of MvC. 

So that’s kinda what I’d go with. I’d take Capcom’s Shuma-Gorath, depower him a bit obviously from his canonical power, and run with the premise of his MvC3 ending where he decides that, well, if he's the unlikely savior of this pathetic planet and these wretched human dogs like him so much, and he’s clearly having a much better time here among them than he ever had drifting among the stars cealessly consuming life, then maybe he can take a break from all that eldritch business and keep up hosting the Super Monster Awesome Hour and maybe fight whatever PITIFUL villains think can take HIS planet. I mean, he’ll probably still end up destroying the planet by the end, but why not give this hero business a try?

Just until he gets his full powers back of course. 

I mean you can’t deny he DOES look pretty good in that bowtie, surely The Great Shuma-Gorath wouldn’t be so unmerciful as to deny these vile wastes of flesh something good to look at in their brief and miserable lives.

[juancarlosphotog]

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[neverwavers]

{Basics}

Name: Resa/Esme Varick.

Alias: Dartz’s protege, “The Mask” (from Esme).

Gender: Female

Age: 19-22 (from Battle City to DSOD.)

Species: Human.

Zodiac: aquarius / aries / cancer / capricorn / gemini / leo / libra / pisces / sagittarius / scorpio / taurus / virgo / unknown

Abilities/Talents: Dueling, etiquette, survivalist training, driving a car, history, linguistics, cooking, pharmaceuticals. She wants to know more about machinery involving cars, bikes, and other things, as well as parkour.

{Personal}

Alignment: lawful / neutral / chaotic / good / neutral / evil / true

Religion: N/A.

Sins: envy / greed / gluttony / lust / pride / sloth / wrath

Virtues: charity / chastity / diligence / humility / justice / kindness / patience

Languages: English (primary), Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish and Russian with decent fluency and literacy.

Family: Unnamed father (disowned Resa after she killed Robert), unnamed mother (divorced and can be considered estranged at this point.)

Friends: This is verse dependent!

Sexual Orientation: heterosexual / bisexual / pansexual / homosexual / demisexual  / asexual / unsure / other

Relationship status: single / dating / married / widowed / open relationship / other (Verse dependent)

Libido: sex god / very high / high  / average / low / very low / non-existent

{Physical}

Build: twig / bony / slender / average / athletic / curvy / chubby / obese

Hair: white / blonde / brunette / red / black / other

Eyes: brown / blue / green / black / other

Skin: pale / fair / olive / light brown / brown / very brown / other

Height: under 3 foot / 3-4 foot / 4-5 foot / 5-6 foot / 6-7 foot / above 7 foot

Weight: under 100 pounds / 100-150 pounds / 150-200 pounds / 200-250 pounds / above 250 pounds

Scars?: Resa has several injection scars from the mistreatment she suffered at Bridgeport Psychiatric Hospital. In addition, she has a slight strangulation scar around her neck from another patient. There are also several smaller scars on her fingers from being nicked with a knife so much from Esme.

Facial Features?: The most prominent one is her aquamarine eyes, along with the smile she uses sometimes to charm people.

Tattoos?:  N/A.

{Choose}

Dogs or Cats?

Birds or Hamsters?

Red or Blue?

Yellow or Green?

Black or White?

Coffee or Tea?

Ice Cream or Cake?

Fruits or Vegetables?

Sandwich or Soup?

Magic or Melee?

Sword or Bow?

Summer or Winter?

Spring or Autumn?

The Past or The Future?

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[thetimelordbatgirl]

DC OCs Masterpost

New Titans Verse:

The New Titans: Summary of Series: TBA.

Name: Sparrow/Primrose ‘Prim’ Davis.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Jadestar/Tessond’r.  Voiceclaim: Hailee Steinfeld. 

Name: Jadestar/Tessond’r.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Sparrow/Primrose ‘Prim’ Davis.  Voiceclaim: Christina Valenzuela. 

Name: Dark Omen/Coraline Cameron.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: Sofia Wylie. 

Name: Tidebreaker/Rickey Dalton.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Night Bolt/Esmeralda Tindol.  Voiceclaim: Seth Green. 

Name: Seaspray/Mickey Dalton. Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: Brandon Mychal Smith. 

Name: Timber/Silas Alexander. Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: Mark Hamill.

Name: Bloodwing/Tobias Cameron. Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: Josh Keaton. 

Name: Razor/Varick Joseph.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: Booboo Stewart. 

Name: Firehunter/Iando’r.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: Sean Astin. 

Name: Karma/Serenity Carrier.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Green Lantern/Danielle ‘Dani’ Archer.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Hawkwing/Ketor Vael.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Kaisa/Aurora Raymond.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Jumpbug/Carlos Hernandez.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Wasp/Christian Mennings.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Hawkwing/Ketor Vael.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Green Lantern/Danielle ‘Dani’ Archer. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Silver Hornet/Baxter Harkmen.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Seeloh.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Keres/Natalie Lewis.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Mind Bender/Hailey Baker.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Hawkmoth. Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: BA.

Name: Lazeph.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Samara.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Night Bolt/Esmeralda Tindol.  Side: Neutral.  Love Interest: Tidebreaker/Rickey Dalton. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Ember Girl/Hestia Sonnet.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Frost Boy/Aspen Sonnet.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Vine Master/Wilfred Romer. Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Dark Shade/Terrence Vixen.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Falling Inside The Black: Summary of Series: TBA.

Name: Black Hood/Andrea Kyle.  Side: Neutral.  Love Interest: Balthazar/Eric Larson.  Voiceclaim: Selina Gomez. 

Name: Balthazar/Eric Larson. Side: Neutral. Love Interest: Black Hood/Andrea Kyle.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Storm Girl/Connie Heck.  Side: Neutral.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Trick Girl/June Driver.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Purple Obsidian/Dorothy ‘Dot’ Dixon.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Malestorm/Percy Heck.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

The New Outlaws: Summary of Series: TBA. 

Name: Cybershot/Violet Davenport.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Fantasia/Cameron Parsons. Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Rosethorn/Julia ‘Julie’ Heyde.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Warped/Karl Findley.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Magnum/Jared Newton.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Darkstar. Side: Evil.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Stories in their own universes:

Heroes of Gotham Academy (Next Gen): Summary of Series: TBA. 

Name: Robin/Dalia Wayne.  Parent(s): Damien Wayne and Mia/Maps Mizoguchi.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Martin Wayne.  Parent(s): Damien Wayne and Mia/Maps Mizoguchi.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Purple Starling/Kale Grayson.  Parent(s): Dick Grayson and Starfire.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Oscar Mizoguchi.  Parent(s): Olive Silverlock and Kyle Mizoguchi.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Supergirl/Joy Kent. Parent(s): Jon Kent. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Dark Aura/Freddy Ray. Parent(s): Pomeline Fritch and Heathcliff Ray.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Mind Girl/Willow Quinn-Isley.  Parent(s): Harley Quinn and Pamela Isley (adopted). Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Gavin Rivera.  Parent(s): Colton Rivera.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Patrick Karlo.  Parent(s): Katherine Karlo (Adopted). Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Erin Jorgenson.  Parent(s): Eric Jorgenson.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Victoria Grey.  Parent(s): Tristen Grey.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Next Justice League: Heroes of Tomorrow (DC version of Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow): Summary of first book: Whenever the forces of evil have threatened mankind, Earth's First Line of Defense, The Justice League, were there to stop them- until they made the ultimate sacrifice in their final fight with the New God, Steppenwolf. Now the time has come for the children of the Justice League to rise as the new heroes of tomorrow and to avenge their parents' deaths. Holly (daughter of Batman and Catwoman), Damen (son of Wonder Woman), Lara (daughter of Superman), Nora (daughter of the Flash) and the arrow-slinging daughter of Green Arrow and Black Canary along with the will powered daughter of Green Lantern have to come together along with any help they get to finish Steppenwolf off as the next Justice League! Quotev Link

Summary of second book: In wake of the defeat of the New God, Steppenwolf, the world is slowly being freed from the control of Parademons, as the new Justice League are slowly working on returning the world back to normal. But, just as they think they on the route to a better world, another New God named Darkseid, arrives and plans to take over, with the new Justice League being at the top of his enemies list. Having to face a new enemy, the new Justice League, with the help of new allies, find themselves facing the ultimate test as the new Justice League. Quotev Link

Name: Holly Wayne.  Parent(s): Batman and Catwoman. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Damen.  Parent(s): Wonder Women. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Lara Kent. Parent(s): Superman and Lois Lane. Voicclaim: TBA.

Name: Nora Allen. Parent(s): Flash and Iris West. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Green Arrow II/Layla Queen.  Parent(s): Green Arrow and Black Canary. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Green Lantern/Nova Jordan. Parent(s): Green Lantern and Carol Ferris. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Young Justice: Legacy:  Summary of Series: Its the year 2036, and by then, the YJ team that had once been founded by so called sidekicks had become fledged heroes, some in the Justice League, some still solo, and some having retired already- and all in their own way have their families. When a new Lantern ring flies to Earth and attracts the attention of Cadmus and even the Light though, new Heroes must step up to the call, and continue the legacy of their parents/mentors....even it means dealing with enemies of the past, and new.... Quotev Link  NOTE: WAS WRITTEN BEFORE S3 AND THEREFORE, ANYTHING S3 IS NOT IN IT. 

*Nightingale/Phoebe Grayson- child of Nightwing and Zatanna.  *Aura/Justin Grayson- eldest child of Nightwing and Zatanna.  *Fate/George Grayson- child of Nightwing and Zatanna.  *Kid Flash III/Hope West- twin child of Wally and Artemis. *Impulse II/Faith West- twin child of Wally and Artemis.  *Kid Martian/Brandon Kent- eldest child of Miss Martian and Superboy.  *Supergirl/Eleanor Kent- middle child of Miss Martian and Superboy.  *Speedy II/Arya Harper- middle child of Will and Jade Harper.  *Aqualad/Horatio- adopted child of Kaldur’ahm.  *Aquagirl/Phillida- child of Kaldur’ahm.  *Hornet/Anthony Duncan- eldest child of Mal and Bumblebee.  *Yellow Wasp II/Carlos Duncan- child of Mal and Bumblebee.  *Kid Lantern/Ryleigh Croft- Green Lantern in training. 

*Red Hood/Lian Harper- eldest child of Will and Jade- take on canon character. *Orange Lantern/Dominic Croft- Orange Lantern currently.  *Edward Grayson- adopted child of Nightwing and Zatanna.  *Serenity Kent- youngest child of Miss Martian and Superboy. *Sawyer Harper- youngest child of Will and Jade. *Cooper West- child of Wally and Artemis.  *Luna West- youngest child of Wally and Artemis. *Harrison Duncan- child of Mal and Bumblebee.  *Genesis Duncan- youngest child of Mal and Bumblebee. 

The New Adventures of Batman Beyond: Summary: TBA.

Name: Robin AKA Anissa Holmes.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Dark DC Universe:

Justice League: Twisted Morals:  Summary of Book: TBA. 

Name: Phantom Spectre/Enola Rhodes.  Summary: TBA.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Peacebringer/Ophelia.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Green Lantern/Rowan Astor.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Super X/Caleb. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Wavepool/Kadrex.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Blur/Lincoln Lauder.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Unnamed Universe Currently:

The Kids Aren’t Alright: Summary of Series: TBA.

Name: Robin I/Pandora Dallas.  Summary: TBA.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Robin II/Ruth Rowley.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Red Robin: Summary: TBA.

Name: Red Wing/Bianca Mitchell.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Red Hood: Summary: TBA.

Name: Hit Girl/Natalia Trevino.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Teen Titans: Next Generation: Summary: TBA.

Name: Nightstar/Mar’i Grayson. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Nightingale/Venus Grasyon.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Jake Grayson. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Shifter/Trevor Logan. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Rose Logan. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Crow/Michael Roth.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Azure/Christina Roth.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Dragonfly/Edwin Stone. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Danny Stone. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

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Super Human 91 - October 10, 2020

September 23, 2020, Brooklyn, New York --- This Hispanic Heritage Month the Dominicans Love Haitians movement is pleased to present Unsilencing the Past: Super Human 91, the second public art performance as an act of protest by Dominican artist, founder, and activist Clarivel Ruiz, in New York City on Saturday, October 10, 2020. In this iteration, Ruiz is inviting 90 people to help raise the voice of the collective against crimes of humanity, as it directly relates to the history of anti-Blackness and injustice, which gave birth to generations of trauma and further complicated the relationship between Dominicans and Haitians. Each participant will walk together in a special procession from the African Ancestral Burial Grounds in Lower Manhattan to the Juan Pablo Duarte statue on Varick Street, attaching a piece of sugar cane to their bodies in remembrance of the lives lost in the October 1937 genocide of 20,000+ Haitians slaughtered by the Trujillo regime along the Massacre River called the Parsley Massacre/El Corte/Kout Kout-a. The procession will also acknowledge the September 23, 2013 constitutional tribunal judgment TC 168-13, which retroactively stripped thousands of Dominicans of their nationality, leaving 200,000 stateless and ineligible for citizenship. The hope is to also bring awareness to the continued practice of denaturalizing citizens lawfully born in the Dominican Republic (and the silencing of said events) under the guise of TC 168-13, by former Dominican President Danilo Medina, which continues to exacerbate issues and wreak havoc on the island and abroad. “For a specific immigrant in the Dominican Republic, the only disfigurement is the stigma of being Haitian, which equates to Black. Too Black. There is an ominous desire for colonized countries to alter history by erasing the horrors of genocide and enslavement that have occurred to indigenous people of the "New World" and the indigenous people of Africa. We must continue to speak our truths, dismantling the frameworks of anti-Haitianism, xenophobia, anti-Blackness, and injustice. We ask all African descendants to stand up and raise our collective voices in solidarity for justice no matter where you are.” - Clarivel Ruiz, Founder In the first iteration of Super Human 91, held earlier this month on September 5, 2020, Clarivel Ruiz attached 91 pieces of sugar cane to their own body in protest of then departing Dominican President Danilo Medina who granted nationality to a mere 750 Dominicans of Haitian descent, leaving 8,000 people undetermined and stateless. The solo march by Ruiz, who was later joined by supporters of all races and nationalities, also spoke against the retroactive denaturalization of Dominicans of Haitian descent retroactively from1929, by walking from Tribeca Park to the statue of Juan Pablo Duarte located on 74 Varick Street on Canal Street in New York City. To participate in the special public performance and procession, click here. To donate to Dominicans Love Haitians Movement, click here. For more information about Dominicans Love Haitians Movement, click here.

ABOUT CLARIVEL RUIZ

Clarivel Ruiz, daughter from Kiskeya Ayiti Bohio (aka Hispaniola aka the Dominican Republic and Haiti), was raised in NYC on the ancestral bones and covered shrines of the Lenape people. In 2016, they initiated the Dominicans Love Haitians Movement to celebrate the beauty of shared commonalities and values to heal from the traumas of colonization. They are alumni of Hemispheric Institute’s EmergeNYC, Culture Push’s Utopian Fellow, a Civic Practice Seminar participant at the Metropolitan Museum, The Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellowship at CCCADI, a 2019 Brooklyn Arts Council award recipient and an MFA graduate of CUNY, City College. ABOUT DOMINICANS LOVE HAITIANS MOVEMENT Dominicans Love Haitians Movement utilizes performance and storytelling to reflect and reconcile over 500 years of Eurocentrism on the shared island of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and abroad. A central goal of this movement is to challenge current thinking with respect to how Dominicans view their history. It is through exhuming mythological injustices designed and instituted by colonialism, dictators and plutocrats to instill fear, prejudices and oppression, and also by using language to shift the current sociological framework of oppression, that the Dominicans Love Haitians Movement unravels biases and bigotry. The name of the project in and of itself challenges the thinking that love can exist between two nations that have been at odds with each other since the 1800s.Through its mission to use art as a conduit to healing wounds instituted by racial stigmas, we are creating space to bring complex dissonant experiences to the forefront through participatory art and facilitation of dialogues, reflections and to restore compassion. The ultimate vision of the movement is aligned with manifesting a future from an unimagined place that will bring communion to the island of Ayiti Kiskeya.      

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34 New Immigration Judges Sworn in During October and December 2020

On October 9, 2020, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the investiture of 20 new immigration judges [link] at immigration courts across the country. On December 18, 2020, the EOIR announced the investiture of an additional 14 immigration judges. The October announcement explained that “[s]ince Jan. 20, 2017, the [Department of Justice] has increased EOIR's immigration judge corps from 306 to 520 adjudicators — an increase of nearly 70 percent.” In this post, we will consolidate the October 9 and December 18 immigration judge investiture announcements, covering all 34 new immigration judges and listing the immigration courts on which they will serve. Each of the 34 new immigration judges was appointed by now-former U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr.

We will draw the list of judges and their basic biographical information from the EOIR's articles for October 9 [link] and December 18 [link].

Abbreviations Used in this Article

Many of the new immigration judges worked in various capacities for the DHS and DOJ prior to their appointments to the immigration bench. Below, you will find a list of abbreviations that we will use in their biographies, where necessary.

DOJ = Department of Justice

DHS = Department of Homeland Security

ICE = Immigration and Customs Enforcement

CBP = U.S. Customs and Border Protection

USCIS = U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

OCC = Office of Chief Counsel

OPLA = Office of Principal Legal Advisor

Immigration Courts Welcoming New Judges

Below, you will find the full list of immigration courts that welcomed new immigration judges in the October 9 and December 18 announcements. We will indicate in a parenthetical the courts that received multiple new immigration judges. We will use square brackets to indicate the state each immigration court is located in.

The three immigration court locations in Manhattan — Broadway, Federal Plaza, and Varick Street, received 10 new immigration judges combined between the October and December announcements.

Adelanto Immigration Court [CA]

Atlanta — W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court [GA]

Batavia Immigration Court [NY]

Chicago Immigration Court [IL]

Cleveland Immigration Court [OH]

Dallas Immigration Court [TX]

El Paso Immigration Court [TX]

Falls Church Immigration Adjudication Center [VA]

Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center [TX]

Harlingen Immigration Court [TX]

Houston Immigration Court [TX] (2)

Houston — S. Gessner Road Immigration Court [TX]

Imperial Immigration Court [CA]

Los Angeles — Olive Immigration Court [CA]

New York — Broadway Immigration Court [NY] (7)

New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court [NY]

New York — Varick Immigration Court [NY] (2)

Otay Mesa Immigration Court [CA] (2)

Otero Immigration Court [NM]

Philadelphia Immigration Court [PA]

Port Isabel Immigration Court [TX]

San Antonio Immigration Court [TX]

San Francisco Immigration Court [CA] (2)

Seattle Immigration Court [WA]

New Judge for Adelanto Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Ravit R. Halperin (December Investiture)

2000-2020: Private practice (2008-2020 as the founder of an immigration law firm)

1992: Earned J.D. from the City University of New York Law School

New Judge for the Atlanta — W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Blake L. Doughty (October Investiture)

2019-2020: Deputy chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS in Atlanta, Georgia

2015-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS in Atlanta and Lumpkin, Georgia

2014-2014: Local prosecutor

2009-2014: U.S. Army judge advocate

2008: Earned J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law

New Judge for the Batavia Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Robert P. Driscoll (October Investiture)

1998-2020: Local prosecutor in Athens, Ohio

1993-1998: Private practice

1993: Earned J.D. from Capital University Law School

New Judge for the Chicago Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Brendan Curran (October Investiture)

2007-2020: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS in Chicago, Illinois

1999-2007: Local prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois

1994-1999: Served as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Navy

1994: Earned J.D. from DePaul University College of Law

New Judge for the Cleveland Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Donald Pashayan (December Investiture)

2012-2020: Assistant U.S. attorney in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force of the District of Arizona

2003-2012: Assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Ohio and in the Middle District of Florida

2002-2002: Private practice

1999-2002: Judge advocate in the U.S. Navy

1999: Earned J.D. from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

1994-1999: Police officer

New Judge for the Dallas Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Glen R. Hines

1997-Present: Judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps

2018-2020: Civilian legal counsel and policy advisor for the U.S. Department of Defense

2014-2018: Circuit military judge

2012-2014: Assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Arkansas

2005: Earned Master of Laws degree from the George Washington University School of Law

1994: Earned J.D. from the University of Arkansas

New Judge for the El Paso Immigration Court

Immigration Judge James J. Miller Jr.

1998-2020: Chief assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, Pecos Division, in Alpine, Texas

1994-1998: Senior Defense Counsel, Trial Defense Service, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps

1990-1994: Attorney and prosecutor with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps

Earned J.D. from Hamline University School of Law

New Judge for the Falls Church Immigration Adjudication Center

Immigration Judge Robert M. Lewandowski (December Investiture)

1986-2020: Judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps

2004-2020: Chief of staff, special assistant and senior advisor, for the U.S. Border Patrol, CBP, DHS, in the District of Columbia

1996-1994: Sector counsel for the Laredo, Texas Sector, U.S. Border Patrol, CBP, DHS

1989: Earned J.D. from the College of William and Mary

New Judge for the Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center

Immigration Judge Randall L. Fulke (October Investiture)

1990-2020: Assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas

1988-2018: U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps

1986-1990: Assistant district attorney for Lubbock and Midland Counties, in Texas

1984-1985: Private Practice

1984: Earned J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law

New Judge for the Harlingen Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Mark K. Brooks (December Investiture)

2019-2020: Special trial attorney, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Arlington, Virginia, on detail from USCIS

2017-2020: Immigration officer, Fraud Detection National Security Directorate, USCIS, DHS.

2012-2016: Private practice

2005-2012: Attorney advisor, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), DHS, in the District of Columbia

2001-2004: State prosecutor serving in Maryland

1986-2001: Private practice

1986: Earned J.D. from the Antioch School of Law

Two New Judges for the Houston Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Joshua D. Osbourn (October Investiture)

2016-2020: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPL, ICE, DHS, in Los Angeles (Adelanto)

2009-2016: Local prosecutor in Arizona

2008: Earned J.D. from the University of Kansas, School of Law

Immigration Judge Christopher M. Schumann (October Investiture)

2000-2020: Attorney and military judge with the U.S. Air Force

2005: Earned Master of Laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School

1999: Earned J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law

New Judge for the Houston — S. Gessner Road Immigration Court

Immigration Judge DeLana M. Jones (October Investiture)

2013-2020: Special assistant U.S. attorney and assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

2010-2013: Law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda T. Walker, Northern District of Georgia, in Atlanta

2006-2010: Private practice

2006: Earned J.D. from Harvard Law School

New Judge for the Imperial Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Jeffrey V. Muñoz (December Investiture)

1995-2020: Active duty in the Marine Corps; including as a criminal defense attorney, prosecutor, general counsel, and military trial judge

2003: Earned J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law

New Judge for the Los Angeles — Olive Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Wilbur Lee (October Investiture)

1998-2020: Judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps; including service as a military judge

2010: Earned Master of Laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School

1997: Earned J.D. from the Southwestern University School of Law

Seven New Immigration Judges for the Broadway — New York Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Erin L. Alexander (December Investiture)

2004-present: U.S. Navy in various active duty and reserve capacities, including as a judge advocate

2014-2020: Assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office (Manhattan)

2012-2014: Private Practice

2010: Earned J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center

Immigration Judge John P. Burns (December Investiture)

2016-2020: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in New York

2013-present: Officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the New York Army National Guard

2010-2016: Attorney at the Social Security Administration

2009: Earned J.D. from Fordham University School of Law

Immigration Judge Edward P. Grogan (October Investiture)

2000-2020: Assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York

1994-2020: U.S. army judge advocate general officer

1993: Private practice

1992: Earned J.D. from Albany Law School

1984-1988: Army infantry officer

Immigration Judge Dawn M. Kulick (December Investiture)

2016-2020: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Miami and Philadelphia

2014-2016: Judicial law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrea M. Simonton, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Before 2014: Assistant state attorney in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office; Private practice

2003: Earned J.D. from New York Law School

1993-2001: Worked in corporate world, including for a publishing house

Immigration Judge Shirley Lazare-Raphael (December Investiture)

2019-2020: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in New York

2001-2019: Private practice

2000: Earned J.D. from Brooklyn Law School

Immigration Judge Tanawa Lebreton (October Investiture)

2006-2020: Private practice in various positions; including 2017-2020 stint as practice group director with Inland Counties Legal Services, and 2008-2009 stint as staff attorney with Catholic Legal Services

2006: Earned J.D. from Ave Maria School of Law

Immigration Judge James R. McKee (October Investiture)

2018-2020: Chief, Foreign Law Branch, Department of Defense, in Germany and Florida

2016-2018: Served with the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, DOJ

2012: Earned Master of Laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School

1994-2016: U.S. Army judge advocate in multiple positions

1989-2013: Enlisted infantry soldier in the New York Army National Guard

1991-1993: Clerk for the 60th Judicial District Court of Common Please, in Pike County, Pennsylvania

1991: Earned J.D. from the Syracuse University School of Law

New Judge for the New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Maria T. Ubarri (December Investiture)

2010-2020: State trial court judge in Puerto Rico

1995-2010: Private practice

1994-1995: Policy advisor to the Governor of Puerto Rico

1993: Legislative assistant for the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, U.S. House of Representatives

1991: Earned J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico Law School

Two New Judges for the New York — Varick Street Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Richard H. Drucker (December Investiture)

1981-2020: Private practice in Cleveland, Ohio

1981: Earned J.D. from Cleveland State University

Immigration Judge Thomas J. Mungoven (October Investiture)

2004-2020: Private practice; including 2004-2008 stint as staff attorney at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark Immigrant and Refugee Services Division

2004: Earned J.D. from Saint John's University School of Law

Two New Judges for the Otay Mesa Immigration Court

Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Colleen M. Glaser-Allen (October Investiture)

2018-2020: Chief trial judge of the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

2016-2018: Served at the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, including from 2017-2018 as chief appellate judge

1995-2020: Active duty judge advocate in the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps

2007: Earned Master of Laws from the George Washington University Law School

1995: Earned J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign

Immigration Judge Samantha L. Begovich (December Investiture)

1996-2020: Deputy district attorney for the Office of the District Attorney, San Diego, California

1994-1996: Trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section, Department of Justice

1994: Special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia

1994: Earned J.D. from Stanford Law School

New Judge for the Otero Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Ralph E. Girvin Jr. (October Investiture)

2018-2020: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS in El Paso, Texas

2016-2018: Assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas

2000-2016: Assistant attorney and chief of the Civil and Criminal Divisions, for the County of El Paso, Texas

1996-1999: Assistant district attorney for the 34th Judicial District of Texas

1995: Earned J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law

1986-1992: Served in the U.S. Army Reserve and Texas Army National Guard

New Judge for the Philadelphia Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Patrick J. Ehlers (October Investiture)

2015-2020: Assistant U.S. attorney in Portland, Oregon; also resident legal advisor for the DOJ's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development

1998-2015: Assistant federal public defender in Portland, Oregon and previously in various locations in Oklahoma

1996-1998: Public defender in Oklahoma

1995-1996: Judicial assistant to judge for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

1993-1995: Post-conviction defense counsel for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System

1993: Earned J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law

New Judge for the Port Isabel Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Jefferson B. Brown (October Investiture)

1994-2020: Chief circuit trial judge, deputy circuit trial judge, appellate judge, trial judge, staff judge advocate, deputy staff judge advocate, appellate defense counsel, trial defense counsel, and prosecutor for the U.S. Air Force; retired with rank of colonel

1993: Earned J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School

New Judge for the San Antonio Immigration Court

Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Charles P. Koutras (October Investiture)

1997-present: Judge advocate for the U.S. Navy in active and reserve capacities

2006-2020: Attorney for U.S. Army South at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

2002-2004: Assistant city attorney for San Antonio, Texas

1997: Earned J.D. from St. Mary's University

Two New Immigration Judges for the San Francisco Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Samuel Y. Kim (December Investiture)

2018-2020: Private practice in San Francisco, California

2014-2018: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in San Francisco, California

2013-2014: Private practice in San Francisco, California

2011-2013: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Los Angeles, California

2006-2011: Active duty as a judge advocate for the Marine Corps Forces Reserve

2004-2005: Private practice

2004: Earned J.D. from Washington University in Saint Louis School of Law

Immigration Judge Jason R. Masterson (December Investiture)

2011-2020: Active duty judge advocate in the U.S. Navy

2011-2013: Prosecutor and special assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California

2010: Earned J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law

2009-2010: Cincinnati Prosecutor's office

2008-2009: Fellow with the Ohio Innocence Project

2004-2007: Substance abuse and mental illness case manager for non-profit

New Judge for the Seattle Immigration Court

Immigration Judge Hayden Windrow

2020: Trial attorney, District Court Section, Office of Immigration Litigation, DOJ

2015-2020: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in New York

2005-2015: Judicial law clerk at multiple Article III Courts

2005: Earned J.D. from New York University School of Law

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Richard Varick speaking at the Court of Inquiry about the climax of his, Franks’, and Arnold’s dispute over Joshua Hett Smith

“On the 23rd September [1780], Smith came to Arnold’s quarters and dined with us; my unfavorable opinion of his moral and political character and his usual and unparalleled impertinence and forwardness, and General Arnold’s countenancing him (notwithstanding my advice and frequent solicitations to the contrary) fixed a resolution in me to affront him before Arnold, the first opportunity. A trifling one offered at table; I embraced it with warmth. A very high dispute took place, in which you [David Franks] became a volunteer with me. Arnold opposed you and often addressed to you, with warmth, answers to my observations, and I replied to his answers, addressing myself to Smith. You, as well as myself, were cavalier with Smith, till Mrs. Arnold (who also thought ill of Smith) observing her husband in a passion, begged us to drop the matter. I soon quitted the table and went into my room, which was then the office.

“After dinner, Smith went off and Arnold came into the office and took you to task in very illiberal language for affronting Smith; he lashed me over your back, without addressing himself to me; he declared that if he asked the Devil to dine with him, the gentlemen of his family should be civil to him. You told him if Smith had not been at his table, you would have sent the bottle at his head and would thereafter treat him as a rascal [Franks had dumped his glass of wine on Smith instead]. I then found it necessary to do you, as well as myself, justice by taking on myself the blame of affronting Smith. You thereupon declared to Arnold that you had of late observed that he viewed every part of your conduct with an eye of prejudice, and begged him to discharge you from his family [Franks had been Arnold’s aide-de-camp for about three years]. You went out of the room in a passion and to Newburgh on business, from which you did not return till the 24th. The dispute between me and Arnold continued very high. I cursed Smith as a damned rascal, a scoundrel and a spy, and said that my reason for affronting him was that I thought him so. I also told Arnold that my advice to him had proceeded from a regard to his reputation, which he repeatedly and confidentially told me he wished should stand well in this State, and which I had very often told him would suffer by an improper intimacy with Smith.

“I further told him that Smith’s insolence to you and his ungentlemanlike conduct to Mrs. Arnold, in speaking impertinently to you before her in a language she did not understand, justified your treating Smith in the manner you did, and worse, and also merited his resentment instead of countenance. Arnold then told me that he was always willing to be advised by the gentlemen of his family, but, by God, would not be dictated to by them; that he thought he possessed as much prudence as the gentlemen of his family. Some other words ensued, till I had occasion to leave him to despatch an express, and when I returned he had left the office.

“In the evening I received a letter […] from Lieutenant-Colonel Benson, of Governor Clinton’s family, in answer to one of mine […] inquiring of Smith’s real political character and the truth of some information he had given Arnold and which I thought false. The answer contained an opinion of Smith’s character by no means favorable to him. I showed it to Arnold and then told him that I considered his past conduct and language to me unwarrantable, and that I thought he did not place that confidence in my repeated friendly assurances and advice which I had a right to expect and which was necessary to put in a person acting in my capacity, and that I could not act longer with propriety. He gave me assurances of his full confidence in me, of a conviction of the rectitude of my conduct, of Smith’s being a rascal, and of his error in treating me with such cavalier language, and that he would never go to Smith’s house again or be seen with him but in company.”

There are a number of things I enjoy about this:

Arnold’s angry “If I asked the Devil to dine with me, the gentlemen of my family should be civil to him” is probably one of my favorite lines.

Franks dumping his wine on Smith but really wanting to chuck the entire bottle at Smith’s face instead. I feel that.

The Super Childish back and forth of Arnold talking to Franks, but really directing it at Varick and Varick talking to Smith, but really directing his responses at Arnold in that classic ‘I’m not talking to you right now but I really want you to hear what I have to say to you’ style. 

Varick getting angry and just leaving the table to go to his room - but the room is actually the office that everyone spends time in so anyone can just walk in whenever and it’s a terrible place to try and hide away in.

So naturally, Arnold follows him after Smith leaves covered in wine, but Arnold still isn’t talking to Varick so he’s yelling at Franks instead of Varick, but directing many of his words at Varick, but also Franks because Franks is not innocent here either.

Franks yelling “IF YOU HATE ME SO MUCH THEN FIRE ME,” storming out, and literally leaving for an entire day. Some context for this is that, as I added to the text, Franks had been Arnold’s aide-de-camp for three years. Arnold had been increasingly more and more ‘prejudiced’ against him, as Franks said and was frustrated about it. I think Franks once even told Varick when Varick had joined the staff that if he stuck around long enough Arnold would start to treat Varick like shit, too. So, yeah, Franks had had enough.

Great timing that Varick’s requested account of Smith’s character came in that night so he could rub it into Arnold’s face.

Arnold being like “-sigh- You were right... I was wrong... I shouldn’t have said those things or treated you like that, you were just trying to protect me and I was the one that was way out of line... I’m sorry.... I won't see Smith again unless I’ve got a chaperone with me...”

The fact that two days later Arnold turned traitor.

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EOIR Swears in 28 New Immigration Judges on Oct. 20, 2019

Introduction

On December 20, 2019, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) invested 28 new immigration judges in a ceremony presided over by Acting Chief Immigration Judge Christopher A. Santoro [PDF version]. The 28 new immigration judges were selected by Attorney General William P. Barr. The EOIR noted that the immigration judge corps — now numbering over 465 — is at its largest size in history.

In this article, we will briefly examine the biographies of the 28 new immigration judges, sorted by the courts on which they serve. Please see our index of posts on new immigration judges to read about other members of the immigration judge corps sworn in over the past several years [see index].

Abbreviations

In this article, we will use several abbreviations in place of the full names of offices which appear in the biographies of several of the new immigration judges.

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL)

Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)

Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations (RAIO)

Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA)

Office of Chief Counsel (OCC)

Courts Receiving New Judges

The 28 new immigration judges serve on 18 immigration courts across the country. The following is the full list of courts receiving judges along with the number of new judges:

Atlanta, Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court (4); Batavia Immigration Court (1); Boston Immigration Court (1); Chicago Immigration Court (1); Cleveland Immigration Court (2); Houston Immigration Court (1); Houston, S. Gessner Road Immigration Court (2); Imperial Immigration Court (1); Los Angeles Immigration Court (2); Los Angeles North Immigration Court (1); Los Angeles, Van Nuys Blvd. Immigration Court (1); New York, Federal Plaza Immigration Court (4); New York, Varick Immigration Court (1); Otay Mesa Immigration Court (1); Sacramento Immigration Court (2); Stewart Immigration Court (1); Ulster Immigration Court (1); York Immigration Court (1).

Below, we will list the courts in alphabetical order along with short biographies of the new judges.

Please see our short posts on the new Los Angeles, Van Nuys Blvd. [see blog] and Houston, S. Gessner Road [see blog] immigration courts, both of which welcome new judges from the December 20th investiture.

Atlanta, Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court (Georgia)

Philip A. Barr, Immigration Judge, Atlanta, Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court

2015-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Atlanta, Georgia.

2010-2015: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS in Port Isabel and San Antonio, Texas.

2004-2010: Private practice as an immigration and criminal defense attorney.

Law degree from Birmingham School of Law in 2003.

James J. Crofts, Immigration Judge, Atlanta, Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court

2016-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Atlanta.

2000-2016: Assistant district attorney with the Office of the Bronx District Attorney, in Bronx, New York.

2012-Present: Judge advocate for the U.S. Army Reserve.

Law degree from St. John's University of Law in 1999.

Sheila E. Gallow, Immigration Judge, Atlanta, Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court

2016-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Atlanta.

2011-2016: Chief assistant district attorney in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

2007-2011: Assistant attorney general with the Office of Georgia Attorney General, in Atlanta.

2012-Present: Judge advocate with the U.S. Army Reserves.

Law degree from Samford University in 2006.

Philip P. Taylor, Immigration Judge, Atlanta, Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court

2000-2019: Chief municipal judge for the City of Kennesaw, Acworth, Powder Springs, and Woodstock, Georgia.

1996-2016: Magistrate judge, in Cobb County, Georgia.

1989-2012: Private practice.

Law degree from Emory University School of Law.

Batavia Immigration Court (New York)

Susan F. Aikman, Immigration Judge, Batavia Immigration Court

2018-2019: Deputy chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS in Dilley and Pearsall, Texas.

2015-2018: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Pearsall Texas.

2005-2015: Asylum officer, refugee officer, and field office director with RAIO, USCIS, DHS, in the U.S. and international locations.

1999-2005: Private practice.

Law degree from the University of Toledo, College of Law, in 1999.

Boston Immigration Court (Massachusetts)

Marna M. Rusher, Immigration Judge, Boston Immigration Court

2007-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Boston.

2005-2007: Private practice.

2002-2005: Assistant district attorney, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Chicago Immigration Court (Illinois)

Samia Naseem, Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court

2010-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in New York City and Chicago.

2007-2010: Trial attorney with the Office of Immigration Litigation, DOJ, in the District of Columbia.

2005-2007: Private practice.

2004-2005: Judicial law clerk for Judge Judith N. Macaluso in the District of Columbia.

Law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 2004.

Cleveland Immigration Court (Ohio)

Bruce D. Imbacuan, Immigration Judge, Cleveland Immigration Court

2007-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Cleveland.

2005-2007: Housing court magistrate for the Cleveland Municipal Housing Court.

2002-2005: Assistant prosecuting prosecutor with the City of Cleveland's Prosecutor's Office.

1998-2002: Staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

Law degree from Temple University School of Law in 1998.

Jeremy J. Santoro, Immigration Judge, Cleveland Immigration Court

2010-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Cleveland.

2009-2010: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Detroit, Michigan.

2006-2015: Judge advocate for the Ohio Army National Guard, in Columbus, Ohio.

2002-2009: Assistant prosecutor with the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office, in Toledo, Ohio.

2001-2002: Private practice.

Law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law in 2001.

Houston Immigration Court (Texas)

Lynn W. Wang, Immigration Judge, Houston Immigration Court

2018-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in San Antonio.

2015-2018: Assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, in McAllen, Texas.

2007-2015: Assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2004-2006: Assistant district attorney for the State of New Mexico.

2001-2004: Private practice.

Law degree from South Texas College of Law in 2000.

Houston, S. Gessner Road Immigration Court (Texas)

Kevin L. Brown, Immigration Judge, Houston, S. Gessner Road Immigration Court

2016-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in San Antonio, Texas.

1999-2016: Judge advocate for the U.S. Army.

Law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1999; Master of Laws from the Judge Advocate's Legal Center and School, U.S. Army in 2007.

Miguel A. Cordero-Gonzalez, Immigration Judge, Houston S. Gessner Road Immigration Court

2010-2019: State trial court judge, in Puerto Rico.

1996-2019: Judge advocate for the U.S. Army Reserve.

2015-2016: Senior defense counsel for the 154th Trial Defense Team, Southeast region in Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.

1995-2009: Private practice.

1994-1995: Assistant secretary to the secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs Office.

Law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University School of Law in 1993.

Imperial Immigration Court (California)

Eugene H. Robinson, Immigration Judge, Imperial Immigration Court

2018-2019: Deputy chief for hearings in the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the State of Texas.

2012-2018; 2005-2011: Military judge.

2011-2012: Staff judge advocate for the 3d Marine Logistics Group, Okinawa, Japan.

1991-2005: Judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1990; Master of Laws from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in 2002.

Los Angeles Immigration Court (California)

Dale E. Anderson, Immigration Judge, Los Angeles Immigration Court

2016-2019: Trial attorney for the Office of International Affairs, Criminal Division, DOJ.

2009-2016; 2002-2004: Supervisory attorney advisor and attorney advisor for the BIA, EOIR, DOJ.

2004-2009; 1994-2000: Judge advocate for the U.S. Marine Corps.

2000-2002: Assistant district counsel with the former INS, DOJ, in Imperial, California.

1988-1991: Intelligence officer for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1994; Master of Laws from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1997.

Andrea H. Hong, Immigration Judge, Los Angeles Immigration Court

2009-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Los Angeles.

2006-2009: Deputy district attorney with the Riverside County Attorney's Office, in Riverside, California.

2001-2004: Assistant prosecutor with the Summit County Prosecutor's Office, in Akron, Ohio.

1999-2001: Assistant city prosecutor with the Akron City Prosecutor's Office, in Akron, Ohio.

Law degree from the University of Akron, School of Law in 1999.

Los Angeles North Immigration Court (California)

Lily C. Hsu, Immigration Judge, Los Angeles North Immigration Court

2006-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Los Angeles.

2009-2011: Special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles.

2004-2006: Asylum officer with the USCIS, DHS, in Anaheim, California.

2001-2004: Private practice.

Law degree from California Western School of Law in 2000.

Los Angeles, Van Nuys Blvd. Immigration Court (California)

Brian H. Burke, Immigration Judge, Los Angeles, Van Nuys Blvd. Immigration Court

2017-2019: Chief Judge for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, in California.

2013-2019: Chief Judge for the Ak-Chin Indian Community, in Maricopa, Arizona.

2010-2013: Tribal prosecutor for the Ak-Chin Indian Community, in Maricopa, Arizona.

2009-2010: Deputy defense attorney for the Salt River Prima-Maricopa Indian Community, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

2006-2009: Managing attorney for Community Legal Services, in Kingman, Arizona.

2003-2006: Rights attorney for the Nevada Disability Advocacy and Law Center, in Las Vegas.

2000-2003: Assistant public defender in Beaver, Pennsylvania.

1999-2000: Staff attorney for Appalachian Legal Services, in Charleston, West Virginia.

1992-1995; 1997-1998: Assistant district attorney for the Beaver County District Attorney's Office.

Law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1992.

New York, Federal Plaza Immigration Court

Jennifer Cheung, Immigration Judge, New York, Federal Plaza Immigration Court

2008-2019: Private practice.

Law degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 2007.

Diane L. Dodd, Immigration Judge, New York, Federal Plaza Immigration Court

2016-2019: Special assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota, DOJ, in Minneapolis.

2010-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS.

1999-2010: Assistant district attorney in the District Attorney's Office, in Brunswick, Georgia.

Law degree from Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law in 1990.

John J. Siemietkowski, Immigration Judge, New York, Federal Plaza Immigration Court

2002-2019: Trial attorney at the Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of Justice, in the District of Columbia.

2018-2018: U.S. deputy justice attaché to Afghanistan.

Retired from the U.S. Army in 2018 after serving for nearly three decades as an active duty and reserve JAG attorney.

Law degree from Catholic University in 1987; Master of Law from the Army Judge Advocate General's School in 2000.

Rantideva Singh, Immigration Judge, New York, Federal Plaza Immigration Court

2011-2019: Administrative law judge with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, in New York City.

2009-2011: Trial attorney with the New York City Administration for Children's Services in Bronx Family Court.

2007-2009: Supervising attorney with the New York City Department of Homeless Services.

1997-2002: Police officer in the New York City Police Department.

Law degree from Boston University School of Law in 2005.

New York, Varick Immigration Court

David A. Norkin, Immigration Judge, New York, Varick Immigration Court

2019: Court administrator for the Fishkill, Ulster, and Varick Immigration Courts.

1999-2016: Judge advocate, defense counsel, prosecutor, special assistant U.S. attorney, and appellate military judge.

Law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 1999.

Otay Mesa Immigration Court (California)

Amelia C. Anderson, Immigration Judge, Otay Mesa Immigration Court

2010-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in San Diego, California.

2017-2018: Special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California in San Diego.

2009-2010: Attorney advisor at the San Diego Immigration Court, EOIR, DOJ.

Law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 2009.

Sacramento Immigration Court (California)

Christopher V. Phan, Immigration Judge, Sacramento Immigration Court

2000-2019: Judge advocate for the U.S. Navy.

2012-2016: City counsel member in Garden Grove, Californa; Deputy district attorney in Orange County, California.

Law degree from Southern Illinois University in 1999.

Gilda M. Terrazas, Immigration Judge, Sacramento Immigration Court

2010-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.

2008-2010: Public defender in Cochise County, Arizona.

1995-2008: Municipal and tribal court judge, in Tucson, Arizona.

1988-1995: Private practice.

Law degree from The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 1988.

Stewart Immigration Court (Georgia)

Bianca H. Brown, Immigration Judge, Stewart Immigration Court

2018-2019: Deputy chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Lumpkin, Georgia.

2011-2018: Assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Lumpkin, Georgia.

Law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2011.

Ulster Immigration Court (New York)

Ubaid ul-Haq, Immigration Judge, Ulster Immigration Court

2019-2019: Trial attorney with the OIL's Appellate Court Section, Civil Division, DOJ, in the District of Columbia.

2014-2019: Trial attorney with OIL's District Court Section, Civil Division, DOK.

2016-Present: Judge advocate with the U.S. Army Reserve, in Alexandria, Virginia.

2014-2014: Associate legal advisor, Executive Communication's Unit, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in the District of Columbia.

2011-2014: Assistant chief counsel, OPLA-San Antonio, ICE, DHS, in Pearsall, Texas.

Law degree from Nova Southeastern University in 2010; Master of Laws from American University Washington College of Law in 2011.

York Immigration Court (Pennsylvania)

Matthew H. Watters, Immigration Judge, York Immigration Court

Currently serves as judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve and as a deputy commander in the U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command.

2010-2019: Assistant U.S. attorney and supervisory assistant U.S. attorney in the Western District of Texas.

2003-2010: Judge advocate for the U.S. Army.

Law degree from Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law in 2002.

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EOIR Swears in 27 New Immigration Judges (Oct. 11, 2019)

Introduction

On October 11, 2019, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) held an investiture ceremony to swear in 27 new immigration judges [PDF version]. The ceremony was presided over by Deputy Chief Immigration Judge Mary Cheung. The 27 new immigration judges were selected by U.S. Attorney General William Barr.

The 27 new immigration judges will sit on 17 immigration courts and adjudication centers across the United States. In this post, we will provide brief biographical information for each of the new immigration judges with reference to their professional profiles provided by EOIR. We will examine the courts receiving new immigration judges in alphabetical order after first examining the new judges in New Jersey and New York City immigration courts.

Please see our growing index article to learn about previous appointments to the immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) [see index].

Common Abbreviations

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OLPA)

List of Immigration Courts Receiving New Immigration Judges

Elizabeth Immigration Court (New Jersey)

New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court (New York)

New York — Varick Immigration Court (New York)

Bloomington Immigration Court (Minnesota)

Chicago Immigration Court (Illinois)

Dallas Immigration Court (Texas)

Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center (Texas)

Houston Immigration Court (Texas)

Miami Immigration Court (Florida)

Miami (Krome) Immigration Court (Florida)

Omaha Immigration Court (Nebraska)

Philadelphia Immigration Court (Pennsylvania)

Phoenix Immigration Court (Arizona)

San Diego Immigration Court (California)

San Francisco Immigration Court (California)

San Juan Immigration Court (Puerto Rico)

Elizabeth Immigration Court (New Jersey)

One new immigration judge has begun hearing cases at the Elizabeth Immigration Court.

Pallavi S. Shirole, Immigration Judge, Elizabeth Immigration Court

2017-2019: Associate legal advisor for the National Security Law Section, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in the District of Columbia.

2016-2017: Assistant chief counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in Portland, Oregon.

2015-2017: Director of law program at a high school.

2010-2015: Assistant state's attorney for the Office of the State's Attorney, in Baltimore.

Law degree from University of Baltimore School of Law in 2009.

New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court (New York)

Five new immigration judges were sworn in to sit on the New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court.

L. Batya Schwartz Eherens, Immigration Judge, New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court

2012-2019: Private practice as partner in New York-based immigration law firm.

2006-2012: Private practice as immigration attorney in New York.

Law degree from American University Washington College of Law in 2003.

Deborah E. Klahr, Immigration Judge, New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court

2018-2019: Supervisory immigration officer and then section chief with the New York City Field Office, USCIS, DHS, in New York.

2017-2018: Senior immigration services officer with the Newark Field Office, USCIS, DHS, in Newark, New Jersey.

2013-2017: Asylum officer and supervisory asylum officer with the Newark Asylum Office, USCIS, DHS, in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

2000-2013: Private practice as an immigration attorney at various New York and New Jersey law firms.

1997-1999: Staff attorney for the Bar Association for the City of New York, in New York.

1992-1996: Private practice in New York.

Law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1992.

Thomas N. Kouris, Immigration Judge, New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court

2010-2019: Private practice in New York.

Law degree from Boston College Law School in 2009.

Laura N. Pierro, Immigration Judge, New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court

1999-2018: Prosecutor in various capacities for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, in Toms River, New Jersey.

1997-1998: Law clerk to three criminal judges of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth Vicinage, and the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

Law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1997.

Cathy Sagesse, Immigration Judge, New York — Federal Plaza Immigration Court

2016-2019: Assistant chief counsel, Office of the General Counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in Miami, Florida.

2007-2016: Assistant state attorney for the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office in Miami, Florida.

Law degree from Stetson University College of Law in 2007.

New York — Varick Immigration Court (New York)

One new judge began hearing cases at the New York — Varick Immigration Court.

Forrest W. Hoover III, Immigration Judge, New York — Varick Immigration Court

2008-2019: Judge advocate, defense counsel, prosecutor, and military judge for the U.S. Marine Corps in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Okinawa, Japan.

1999-2005: Logistics officer for the U.S. Marine Corps in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Okinawa, Japan; and Quantico, Virginia.

Retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2019 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2008; Master of Criminal Law Degree from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in 2012.

Bloomington Immigration Court (Minnesota)

One new judge began hearing cases at the Bloomington Immigration Court.

Monte G. Miller, Immigration Judge, Bloomington Immigration Court

2001-2019: Assistant and senior attorney with the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Criminal Division, in Minneapolis.

2017-2019: Trial judge with the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary.

2012-2017: Appellate judge with the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals.

1994-2019: Judge advocate and military judge for the U.S. Navy in many locations.

Remains captain and judge advocate in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Law degree from the William Mitchell College of Law in 1993.

Chicago Immigration Court (Illinois)

One new Judge began hearing cases at the Chicago Immigration Court.

Jushua D. Luskin, Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court

2015-2019: Commissioner at the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.

2011-2015: Arbitrator at the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.

2003-2011: Private practice in Illinois.

2000-2003: Judge advocate for the U.S. Navy.

1999-1999: Of counsel to the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor's Office, in Illinois.

1998-1998: Assistant state's attorney, in Champaign County, Illinois.

Law degree from the University of Michigan in 1997.

Dallas Immigration Court (Texas)

One new judge began hearing cases at the Dallas Immigration Court.

Jason D. Ferguson, Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court

2016-2019: First assistant district attorney for the 119th Judicial District of Texas, in San Angelo, Texas.

2012-2016: Assistant district attorney for the 51st and 119th Judicial Districts of Texas, in San Angelo.

2010-2012: Assistant district attorney for the 31st Judicial District of Texas, in Pampa, Texas.

Law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2009.

Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center (Texas)

One new judge began hearing cases at the Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center.

Shelly W. Schools, Immigration Judge, Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center

1997-2019: Judge advocate, prosecutor, defense counsel at the trial and appellate level, staff judge advocate, and trial judge in the U.S. Air Force at many locations.

Retired from the Air Force with the rank of Colonel in 2019.

Law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1997.

Houston Immigration Court (Texas)

One new judge began hearing cases at the Houston Immigration Court.

Erica J. McGuirk, Immigration Judge, Houston Immigration Court

2012-2019: Associate counsel with USCIS, DHS, in Houston, Texas.

2003-2012: Senior attorney and assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, ICE, DHS, in Houston.

2002-2003: Assistant chief counsel, Office of the District Counsel, with the former INS, DOJ, in Houston.

1998-2002: Trial attorney with the Office of the Solicitor, Department of Labor, in Dallas, Texas.

Law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1998.

Miami Immigration Court (Florida)

Three new judges began hearing cases at the Miami Immigration Court.

Christina M. Martyak, Immigration Judge, Miami Immigration Court

2006-2019: Assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, ICE, DHS, in Miami, Florida.

2005-2006: Assistant statewide prosecutor for the Florida Office of the Attorney General, in Miami.

2000-2004: Assistant state attorney for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, in Miami.

Law degree from St. Thomas University in 2000.

Ian D. Midgley, Immigration Judge, Miami Immigration Court

2014-2019: Supervisory administrative law judge with the Office of Medicare Hearing and Appeals, Department of Health and Human Services, in Miami.

2008-2014: Assistant chief counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in Orlando, Florida.

2006-2008: Active duty judge advocate for the U.S. Navy, in Yokosuka, Japan.

2001-2006: Active duty judge advocate for the U.S. Army, in Kitzingen, Germany, and at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.

Serves as judge advocate for the U.S. Navy Reserve (since 2009).

Law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1998.

Irene M. Recio, Immigration Judge, Miami Immigration Court

2014-2019: Branch chief at the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), USCIS, DHS.

2013-2014: Adjudications officer and supervisor at the Immigrant Investor Program Office, USCIS, DHS, in the District of Columbia.

2012-2013: Adjudications officer at AAO, USCIS, DHS, in the District of Columbia.

1997-2011: Private practice in various capacities in Washington D.C.

Law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1995.

Miami (Krome) Immigration Court (Florida)

One new judge began hearing cases at the Miami (Krome) Immigration Court.

Jorge L. Pereira, Immigration Judge, Miami (Krome) Immigration Court

2008-2019: Assistant chief counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in Miami, Florida.

1996-2008: Private practice at two law firms in Miami.

1995-1996: Assistant state attorney for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office in Miami.

Law degree from St. Thomas University School of Law in 1995.

Omaha Immigration Court (Nebraska)

One new judge began hearing cases at the Omaha Immigration Court.

Alexandra Larsen, Immigration Judge, Omaha Immigration Court

2004-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in Omaha, Nebraska.

2012-2014: Assistant chief counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

2011-2012: Deputy chief and chief of OLPA, District Court Litigation Division (DCLD), ICE, DHS, in the District of Columbia.

2008-2011: Associate legal advisor for the DLCL, ICE, DHS, in the District of Colimbia.

2007-2008: Judicial law clerk for Judge Donald E. O'Brien in the United States District Court for the District of Iowa, in Sioux City, Iowa.

2002-2007: Private practice in Nebraska and Washington D.C.

Law degree from Creighton University School of Law in 2002.

Philadelphia Immigration Court (Pennsylvania)

One new judge began hearing cases at the Philadelphia Immigration Court.

Bao Q. Nguyen, Immigration Judge, Philadelphia Immigration Court

2016-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in San Antonio and Pearsall, Texas.

2006-2016: Private practice in Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Utah.

Law degree from the Temple University School of Law in 2005.

Phoenix Immigration Court (Arizona)

Three new judges began hearing cases at the Phoenix Immigration Court.

Robert C. Bartlemay Sr., Immigration Judge, Phoenix Immigration Court

2010-2019: Senior attorney with OLPA, ICE, DHS, in Phoenix.

2007-2010: Assistant chief counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS.

1983-2007: Judge advocate for the U.S. Air Force in many locations.

Law degree from the University of Toledo in 1983.

Joseph S. Imburgia, Immigration Judge, Phoenix Immigration Court

2002-2019: Attorney and military judge, including Chief Circuit Military Judge for the Pacific Circuit, with the U.S. Air Force at many locations.

Retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2019 with the rank of colonel.

Law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2002; Master of Laws in 2009 from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School.

Melissa B. Karlen, Immigration Judge, Phoenix Immigration Court

2008-2019: Assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona, DOJ, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Assistant chief counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in Los Angeles, California.

2002-2007: Deputy prosecuting attorney with the City and County of Honolulu Prosecutor's Office, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

2001-2002: Private practice.

Law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2001.

San Diego Immigration Court (California)

One new judge began hearing cases at the San Diego Immigration Court.

Guy G. Grande, Immigration Judge, San Diego Immigration Court

2015-2019: Assistant chief counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, in San Diego, California.

1994-2015: Private immigration practice.

Law degree from the University of San Diego in 1994.

San Francisco Immigration Court (California)

Two new judges began hearing cases at the San Francisco Immigration Court.

Andrew J. Caborn, Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court

2015-2019: Assistant chief counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in San Francisco, California.

2008-2014: Senior deputy district attorney and deputy district attorney for the Tulare County District Attorney's Office, in Tulare, California.

2008-2008: Private practice in Los Angeles, California.

Law degree from Whittier College in 2007; Master of Laws degree from the University of California, Berkley, in 2015.

Gregory L. Simmons, Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court

2009-2013: General courts-martial trial judge, in California.

1989-2009: Judge advocate for the U.S. Marine Corps in many locations.

Retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2013.

Law degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1989; Master of Laws degree in 1996 from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in 1996.

San Juan Immigration Court (Puerto Rico)

One new judge began hearing cases at the San Juan Immigration Court.

Pedro J. Espinal, Immigration Judge, San Juan Immigration Court

2016-2019: Deputy chief counsel, OLPA, ICE, DHS, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2009-2011: Adjudications services officer, USCIS, DHS, in San Juan.

2007-2009: Adjudications services officer, USCIS, DHS, in New York.

2004-2007: Private practice in San Juan.

Law degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 2004.

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