Keith Lipiec

Philadelphia (PHI) · Philadelphia, PA

Keith Lipiec is listed with Philadelphia (PHI). The database records 18 asylum outcomes: 1 approved, 17 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.

Decision approval rate—Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes5.6%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions181 / 17 / 0

Approved / denied1 / 17 / 0Database records only

Yearly changes

Yearly asylum decision trend

Applicant origin

Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality

Each row shows fiscal year, nationality, valid decisions, and approval rate.

Official appointment record

Judge background and appointment

Appointment dateMay 2026

Appointed courtPhiladelphia Immigration Court

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Keith E. Lipiec was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2026. Judge Lipiec earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Temple University and a Juris Doctor in 2013 from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. From July 2023 to May 2026, he served as an attorney at the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, U.S. Navy, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From October 2020 to July 2023, he served as an attorney with the 87th Air Base Wing, U.S. Air Force, at Joint Base McGuire- Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. From 2014 to 2020, he was an active duty judge advocate with the U.S. Army serving as a military magistrate, administrative law attorney, special assistant U.S. attorney, trial counsel, and brigade judge advocate in the following locations: Fort Drum, New York; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and Joint Base McGuire- Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Judge Lipiec holds the rank of major in the U.S. Army Reserve. Judge Lipiec is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar.

Education: Judge Lipiec earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Temple University and a Juris Doctor in 2013 from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

Bar admission: Judge Lipiec is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar.

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How to read approval rates

Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.

With small samples, a few cases can move the percentage sharply. The page flags samples below 50 and below 200 decisions.

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