Rebecca Niburg

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Becca Niburg was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Niburg earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and a Juris Doctor and Master of Arts in European Studies in 2003 from Washington University in St. Louis. From 2020 to 2022, she operated her own law firm, Elpis Legal LLC, and during this time in 2021, Judge Niburg worked as Managing Attorney of Esperanza Center, an arm of Catholic Charities in Baltimore. From 2018 to 2020, she worked at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) in Washington, D.C. From 2017 to 2018, she worked at the Greene Law Firm in Columbia, Maryland. From 2015 to 2017, she served as a supervisory immigration services officer with the Potomac Service Center, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). From 2008 to 2015, she served as an appeals officer with the Administrative Appeals Office, USCIS, DHS. From 2006 to 2008, she served as a trial attorney at the Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice. From 2004 to 2006, she was an associate attorney with Tuggle Duggins in Greensboro, North Carolina. From 2003 to 2004, she clerked with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals for the Honorable Ellen Hollander. Judge Niburg is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Maryland State Bar.