What is Judge Ryan Thompson's background?
EOIR's notice says that Ryan Thompson was appointed in October 2025. Judge Thompson earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and a Juris Doctor in 2013 from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphrey’s School of Law. From 2024 to 2025, he was an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security. From 2014 to 2024, he was an assistant district attorney general at the Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office in Memphis, Tennessee, and during this time in 2023, he was a legal advisor for the Memphis Police Department. In 2014 he was in private practice with the Ward Law Firm PLLC in Munford, Tennessee. From 2007 to 2014, he was a Memphis police officer.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Ryan Thompson 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 Memphis 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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