What is Judge Samuel G. Williams's background?
EOIR's notice says that Samuel G. Williams was appointed in November 2024. Judge Williams earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1991 from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law. Judge Borkowski earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Judge Brown earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Judge Kludt earned a Bachelor of Science in 2002 from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, a Master of International Relations in 2006 from Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Boston University School of Law. Judge LeMelle earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 from Wesleyan University and a Juris Doctor in 1987 from Georgetown University Law Center. Judge Nahas earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 and a Bachelor of Science in 2004, both from the University of Florida, and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from The George Washington University Law School. Judge Reilly earned a Bachelor of Science in 1990 from Bucknell University and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. From 2023 to 2024, he served as the chief of National Security Law at Camp Humphreys, South Korea while mobilized as an Army reservist. From 2002 to 2022, he served as an assistant criminal district attorney for the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas. From 2010 to 2024, she served as an attorney advisor with the Board of Immigration Appeals. During this time, from March 2023 to September 2024, she served as a temporary appellate immigration judge.
What does TRAC report about Judge Samuel G. Williams'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 Samuel G. Williams decided 227 asylum cases at Chaparral Immigration Court and denied 96.5 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 Samuel G. Williams 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 Otero Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.