Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Sarah M. Ellison to begin hearing cases in November 2018. Judge Ellison earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from the University of Mary Washington and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from St. Mary’s University School of Law. From 2017 to 2018, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Pearsall, Texas. From 2014 to 2017, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, Department of Justice, in Laredo, Texas. From 2010 to 2014, she served as an assistant district attorney with the District Attorney’s Office, Bexar County, in San Antonio, Texas. From 2009 to 2010, she was an associate attorney with the Law Office of Steven C. Benke, in San Antonio. Judge Ellison is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

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Knowledge of Law / Conocimiento de la ley

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Courtesy / Cortesía

Fairness / Justicia

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