ASYLUMJUDGE · IMMIGRATION JUDGE PROFILE
Silvia Lopez
New York (NYV) · New York, NY
Silvia Lopez is listed with New York (NYV). The database records 123 asylum outcomes: 94 approved, 29 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2023-11-14 – 2025-01-02
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 20254733140—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2024766115080.3%
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
Official biography
Silvia Lopez was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Lopez earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Saint Mary's College of California and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from New York Law School. From 2021 to 2023, she served as an administrative law judge for New York State. From 2013 to 2021, she was in private practice at The Law Office of Silvia Lopez with a primary focus on criminal defense litigation in New York. From 2008 to 2013, she was an assistant public defender at the Monroe County Public Defender's Office in New York. From 2002 to 2004, she worked as a landlord- tenant counselor for Sentinel Fair Housing in Oakland, California. Judge Lopez is a member of the New York State Bar.
Education: Judge Lopez earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Saint Mary's College of California and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from New York Law School.
Bar admission: Judge Lopez is a member of the New York State Bar.
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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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