Jeff Rosenblum New General Counsel of EOIR

On Thursday, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointmentof Jeff Rosenblum as the agency’s General Counsel, effective December 16, 2012. Jean C. Kinghas served in the role in an acting capacity since June 2012.

As General Counsel, Rosenblum will oversee the Office of General Counsel’sImmigration Unit, the Freedom of Information Act Office, the Employee/Labor Relations Unit,the Attorney Discipline Program, and the Fraud Program. He will also serve as EOIR’s principalliaison to other agencies on all agency-related legal matters.

Rosenblum received a bachelor of arts degree in 1994 from the University ofMaryland at College Park and a juris doctorate in 1999 from Loyola University Chicago Schoolof Law. From May 2010 to December 2012, he served as a supervisory attorney in EOIR’sOffice of the General Counsel. From 2006 to May 2010, Rosenblum served as an assistantgeneral counsel for the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Department of Justice. From 2002to 2006, he worked as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor.From 1999 to 2002, Rosenblum was in private practice in Chicago, Ill., and Washington,DC. He is also an adjunct professor at George Mason University Law School since 2005.

Rosenblum is a member of the District of Columbia and Illinois Bars.

KJ