What is Judge Anna Diao's background?
EOIR's notice says that Anna Diao was appointed in November 2023. Judge Diao earned a Bachelor of Science in 2002 from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from Fordham University School of Law. From 2007 to 2023, she served as an assistant district attorney for the Queens District Attorney’s Office in New York, which included the following positions: chief of the elder fraud unit (2022-2023); supervisor of the intake bureau (2019-2022); and senior assistant district attorney in the economic and environmental crimes bureau (2014-2019).
What does TRAC report about Judge Anna Diao'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 Anna Diao decided 475 asylum cases at New York Immigration Court and denied 73.5 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 Anna Diao 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 New York - Broadway Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.