What is Judge Shirley Lazare-Raphael's background?
EOIR's notice says that Shirley Lazare-Raphael was appointed in December 2020. Judge Lazare-Raphael earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1996 from the City University of New York, Bernard M. Baruch College, and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from Brooklyn Law School. From 2019 to 2020, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York. From 2005 to 2019, she was in private practice as an assistant litigation attorney with Frenkel, Hershkowitz & Shafran LLP. From 2001 to 2004, she was in private practice in Brooklyn and New York.
What does TRAC report about Judge Shirley Lazare-Raphael'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 Shirley Lazare-Raphael decided 1842 asylum cases at New York Immigration Court and denied 75.8 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 Shirley Lazare-Raphael 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 - Broadway Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.