Newest Member of the Board of Immigration Appeals Announced

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) last week announced that Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Ana Landazabal Mann to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Ms. Mann will begin work as a board member on November 21, 2011.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Mann served as a senior legal advisor to the Chairman of the BIA since 1996, during which time she also served as a temporary board member. From 1986 to 1996, Ms. Mann was an attorney advisor for the BIA.

Ms. Mann joined the Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program when she clerked at the Drug Enforcement Administration from 1985 until 1986. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Rutgers University in 1982 and a juris doctorate from George Washington University in 1985.

Ms. Mann is a member of the New Jersey State Bar.

KJ