What is Judge Brendan Curran's background?
EOIR's notice says that Brendan Curran was appointed in October 2020. Judge Curran earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1990 from Marquette University and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from DePaul University College of Law. From 2007 to 2020, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Chicago. From 1999 to 2007, he served as an assistant state attorney for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, in Chicago. From 1994 to 1999, he served as an officer in the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps of the U.S. Navy. He was stationed at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, in Illinois, and at sea aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
What does TRAC report about Judge Brendan Curran'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 Brendan Curran decided 642 asylum cases at Chicago Immigration Court and denied 60.7 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 Brendan Curran 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 Chicago Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.