What is Judge James Abeshaus's background?
EOIR's notice says that James Abeshaus was appointed in August 2026. Judge Abeshaus earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Indiana University Bloomington and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from Florida Coastal School of Law. From November 2025 to August 2026, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Houston. From January 2022 to November 2025, he was in private practice for Prestige LLC in Austin, Texas. From September 2017 to December 2021, he was a corporate counsel, Western Hemisphere Product Liability and Class Action, for Mercedes-Benz Cars in Stuttgart, Germany. From May 2016 to September 2017, he served as appellate counsel with the Soldiers Medical Evaluation Board at the U.S. Army Medical Command in Edinburgh, Indiana.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name James Abeshaus 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 Houston - Greenspoint Park Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.
No outcome or personal-profile claims
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