What is Judge Keith E. Lipiec's background?
EOIR's notice says that Keith E. Lipiec was appointed in May 2026. Judge Lipiec earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Temple University and a Juris Doctor in 2013 from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. From July 2023 to May 2026, he served as an attorney at the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, U.S. Navy, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From October 2020 to July 2023, he served as an attorney with the 87th Air Base Wing, U.S. Air Force, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. From 2014 to 2020, he was an active duty judge advocate with the U.S. Army serving as a military magistrate, administrative law attorney, special assistant U.S. attorney, trial counsel, and brigade judge advocate in the following locations: Fort Drum, New York; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Judge Lipiec holds the rank of major in the U.S. Army Reserve.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Keith E. Lipiec 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 Philadelphia 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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