What is Judge Juan Román's background?
EOIR's notice says that Juan Román was appointed in March 2026. Judge Román earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 2000 from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a Juris Doctor in 2003 from Creighton University School of Law, and a Master of Laws in Military Law in 2012 from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School. From February 2023 to February 2026, he served as assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Omaha, Nebraska. From October 2021 to February 2023, he served as chief counsel at the Nebraska Department of Education in Lincoln, Nebraska. From July 2020 to October 2021, he served as assistant chief counsel with DHS, in Seattle. From March 2019 to July 2020, he was a senior trial attorney at Allstate in Seattle.
What does TRAC report about Judge Juan Román'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 Juan Román decided 111 asylum cases at Omaha Immigration Court and denied 99.1 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 Juan Román 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 Omaha Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.