What is Judge Nicolas Orechwa's background?
EOIR's notice says that Nicolas Orechwa was appointed in May 2023. Judge Orechwa earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from the University of Iowa and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Loyola University of New Orleans School of Law. From 2017 to 2023, he served as an administrative law judge with the Office of Administrative Hearings for the State of Maryland. From 2006 to 2017, he was an associate, and then partner, at the law firm of Brodsky, Renehan, Pearlstein, and Bouquet CHTD in Gaithersburg, Maryland. From 2005 to 2006, he was a contractor with the U.S. Navy Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. In 2005 he was a contractor with the U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General.
What does TRAC report about Judge Nicolas Orechwa'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 Nicolas Orechwa decided 352 asylum cases at Eloy Immigration Court and denied 84.1 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 Nicolas Orechwa 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 Eloy Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.