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Philip A. Barr

Philip A. Barr is listed with Atlanta (ATL). The database records 321 asylum outcomes: 37 approved, 284 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2020-01-07 – 2022-12-16

Decision approval rate11.5%Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes11.5%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions32137 / 284 / 0

Approved / denied37 / 284 / 0Database records only

Yearly changes

Yearly asylum decision trend

No verified annual data available.

Applicant origin

Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality

FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR

NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate

Official appointment record

Judge background and appointment

Appointment dateJanuary 2020

Appointed courtAtlanta, Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Attorney General Barr appointed Philip A. Barr to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Barr earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 from University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from Birmingham School of Law. From 2015 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel (OCC), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Atlanta. From 2010 to 2015, he served as an assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Port Isabel and San Antonio, Texas. From 2004 to 2010, he was an immigration and criminal defense attorney in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. Judge Barr is a member of the Alabama State Bar and State Bar of Texas.

Education: Judge Barr earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 from University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from Birmingham School of Law.

Bar admission: Judge Barr is a member of the Alabama State Bar and State Bar of Texas.

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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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