What is Judge Jorene Soto's background?
EOIR's notice says that Jorene Soto was appointed in August 2026. Judge Soto earned a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in 1997 from Stetson University, a combination Juris Doctor/Master of Arts in Latin American Studies, with honors, in 2000 from the University of Florida, and a Master of Laws in 2007, with honors, with certificates in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies and International Human Rights Law from Georgetown University Law Center. From May 2020 to January 2026, she served as an operational law attorney for the U.S. Air Force Reserves at the Pentagon. From May 2018 to May 2020, she was the staff judge advocate for the 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, Charleston, West Virginia. From September 2001 to September 2002, she was a judicial law clerk at the Florence, Phoenix, Tucson, and Las Vegas immigration courts entering on duty through the Attorney General’s Honors Program, then served as an attorney advisor at the Board of Immigration Appeals, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, in Falls Church, Virginia, through 2019.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Jorene Soto 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 Annandale 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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