What is Judge Mary Lee's background?
EOIR's notice says that Mary Lee was appointed in May 2019. Judge Lee earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Rutgers University. From 2015 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel for Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From 2013 to 2015, she served as an assistant chief counsel for OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Baltimore, Maryland. From 2010 to 2013, she served as an assistant chief counsel for OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Atlanta, Georgia. From 2009 to 2010, she served as a judicial law clerk in the Superior Court of New Jersey.
What does TRAC report about Judge Mary Lee'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 Mary Lee decided 1451 asylum cases at Philadelphia Immigration Court and denied 60.7 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 Mary Lee 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.