What is Judge Dara F. Reid's background?
EOIR's notice says that Dara F. Reid was appointed in June 2020. Judge Reid earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Tulane University and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from the Hofstra University School of Law. From 2006 to 2020, she 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 New York. From 2005 to 2006, she served as a staff attorney in the immigration unit with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York. From 2004 to 2005, she was a judicial law clerk, and later an attorney advisor for the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, in Newark, New Jersey.
What does TRAC report about Judge Dara F. Reid'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 Dara F. Reid decided 2093 asylum cases at New York - Det Immigration Court and denied 81.6 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 Dara F. Reid 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 - Varick Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.