What is Judge Lucy Baez's background?
EOIR's notice says that Lucy Baez was appointed in October 2022. Judge Baez earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Fordham University and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from Fordham University Law School. From 2021 to 2022, she served as a supervisory attorney advisor with the Board of Immigration Appeals, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice in Falls Church, Virginia. From 2019 to 2021, she served as a supervisory immigration services officer with the External Affairs Directorate with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security in New York. From 2016 to 2019, she served as an asylum officer and supervisory asylum officer with the Refugee Asylum and International Operations Directorate with USCIS in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and Bethpage, New York, respectively. From 2012 to 2016, she was first a staff attorney and then a supervising staff attorney for Church World Service in New York.
What does TRAC report about Judge Lucy Baez'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 Lucy Baez decided 119 asylum cases at New York Immigration Court and denied 90.8 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 Lucy Baez 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 New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.