What is Judge Alec Niziolek's background?
EOIR's notice says that Alec Niziolek was appointed in October 2022. Judge Niziolek earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Utica College of Syracuse University and a Juris Doctorate in 2002 from the Indiana University-Bloomington Maurer School of Law. From 2006 to 2022, he was an assistant chief counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Arizona, and during this time from 2020 to 2022 he served as the embedded attorney with Homeland Security Investigations. From 2003 to 2006, he was an associate attorney with Collins & Martin, PC, in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
What does TRAC report about Judge Alec Niziolek's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Alec Niziolek decided 488 asylum cases at Orlando Immigration Court and denied 85.5 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Alec Niziolek in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Orlando Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.