James McKee

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Attorney General William P. Barr appointed James R. Mc Kee as an Immigration Judge in October 2020. Judge Mc Kee earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 from Syracuse University, a Juris Doctor in 1991 from the Syracuse University College of Law, and a Master of Laws in 2002from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School. From 2018 to 2020, he served aschief, Foreign Law Branch, Department of Defense, in Wiesbaden, Germany, and the Intelligence and Security Command, in Fort Meade, Maryland. From 2016 to 2018, he servedwith the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Department of Justice. From 1994 to 2016,he served as a U.S. Army judge advocate in multiple positions in the criminal, operational, andadministrative law divisions. He also served in the legal assistance, training development andfuture concepts directorates, and as the first program manager of the Special Victims’ Counsel Program, in the U.S., Germany, Iraq, and Afghanistan. From 1996 to 2001, he served with NATO in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Kosovo. From 2003 to 2013, he served in Operation Enduring Freedom once and in Operation Iraqi Freedom three times, retiring as colonel in 2016.From 1989 to 1993, he served as an enlisted infantry soldier with the 10th Mountain Division,Communications and Legislative Affairs Division New York Army National Guard. From 1991 to 1993, he served as a clerk for the 60th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas, in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Judge Mc Kee is a member of the New York State Bar and the Pennsylvania State Bar.