U.S. Department
of Justice
Notice
Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Announces New Assistant Chief Immigration Judge for Los Angeles, Adelanto
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) appointed Rodin Rooyani to the position of assistant chief immigration judge for the Los Angeles and Adelanto immigration courts, effective Feb. 8, 2016. In addition to management responsibilities at these courts, Judge Rooyani will continue to hear cases.
Biographical information follows.
Rodin Rooyani, Assistant Chief Immigration Judge
Rodin Rooyani was appointed as an assistant chief immigration judge in January 2016. Judge Rooyani received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995 from George Mason University and a Juris Doctor in 1998 from the University of Maryland School of Law. From April 2009 to January 2016, she served as an immigration judge at the Los Angeles Immigration Court. From November 2004 to April 2009, Judge Rooyani served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California where she was assigned to the Criminal Division’s National Security Section handling cases involving counterterrorism, counterespionage, and the illegal export of sensitive technologies. She served as co-coordinator of the Export and Anti-Proliferation Global Law Enforcement Task Force and as identity theft coordinator. Judge Rooyani began her career with the Department of Justice in 1998 after entering on duty through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. From 1998 to 2004, she served as assistant chief counsel with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and as a trial attorney with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service. Judge Rooyani is a member of the Maryland State Bar and the State Bar of California.
- EOIR -
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is an agency within the Department of Justice. Under delegated authority from the Attorney General, immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals interpret and adjudicate immigration cases according to United States immigration laws. EOIR's immigration judges conduct administrative court proceedings in immigration courts located throughout the nation. They determine whether foreign-born individuals—whom the Department of Homeland Security charges with violating immigration law—should be ordered removed from the United States or should be granted relief from removal and be permitted to remain in this country. The Board of Immigration Appeals primarily reviews appeals of decisions by immigration judges. EOIR's Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer adjudicates immigration-related employment cases. EOIR is committed to ensuring fairness in all of the cases it adjudicates.