What is Judge Yvan Murad's background?
EOIR's notice says that Yvan Murad was appointed in November 2024. Judge Murad earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from Radford University and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. From 2023 to 2024, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Adviser, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in New York City. From 2007 to 2023, he was a partner with the firm Murad and Murad PC in Boulder, Colorado, where he represented noncitizens before EOIR and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS. From 2006 to 2007, he practiced immigration law with the Mountain States Employers Council in Denver. From 2002 to 2005, he was an associate practicing immigration law with the Law Office of Nancy M. Lawrence in Vienna, Virginia.
What does TRAC report about Judge Yvan Murad'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 Yvan Murad decided 287 asylum cases at Los Angeles - Wla Immigration Court and denied 78.4 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 Yvan Murad 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 Los Angeles - West Los Angeles Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.