What is Judge Joseph Kassell's background?
EOIR's notice says that Joseph Kassell was appointed in October 2022. Judge Kassell earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from the College of New Jersey and a Juris Doctorate in 2011 from Rutgers Law School. From 2021 to 2022, he served as a senior legal advisor to the Chief Appellate Immigration Judge at the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice. From 2021 to 2015, he was an attorney advisor with the BIA. From 2013 to 2015, he served as a judicial law clerk with the BIA, entering on duty through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. From 2011 to 2013, he served as a judicial law clerk at the Eloy Immigration Court, entering on duty through the Attorney General’s Honors Program.
What does TRAC report about Judge Joseph Kassell'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 Joseph Kassell decided 300 asylum cases at Baltimore Immigration Court and denied 87.7 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 Joseph Kassell 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 Richmond Immigration Adjudication Center. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.