What is Judge Kathleen E. Byrne's background?
EOIR's notice says that Kathleen E. Byrne was appointed in June 2026. Judge Byrne earned a Bachelor of Science in 1996 from the University of Maryland University College and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from the University of Maryland School of Law. From November 2025 to May 2026, she 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 Jacksonville, Florida. From August 2022 to November 2025, she served as a hearing examiner with the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings (OZAH) for Montgomery County, Maryland, and from May 2024 to November 2025, she also served as the director of OZAH. From April 2011 to July 2022, she served first as deputy assistant commissioner and then assistant commissioner for the Code Enforcement Legal Section with the Department of Housing and Community Development for the City of Baltimore, and from January 2021 to July 2022, she also served as the acting executive director with Board of Zoning and Municipal Appeals for the City of Baltimore. From June 2010 to April 2011, she served as the executive director of the U.S. Green Building Council, Maryland Chapter, in Baltimore.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Kathleen E. Byrne 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 Hyattsville 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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