Zol Rainey

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Zol D. Rainey was appointed as a Unit Chief Immigration Judge to begin supervisory immigration court duties and hearing cases in December 2021. Judge Rainey earned a Bachelor of Science in 1992 from Old Dominion University, a Juris Doctor in 2000 from The John Marshall Law School, and a Master of Laws in 2005 from The George Washington University Law School. From 2012 to 2021, he served as a Senior Litigation Counsel and Enforcement Attorney, Office of Enforcement, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the District of Columbia. From 2011 to 2012, he served as an Acting Chief and Deputy Chief, Executive Communications Unit, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the District of Columbia. From 2009 to 2011, he served as an Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Arlington, Virginia. From 2005 to 2009, he served as an Assistant Criminal Section Chief and Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. From 2000 to 2005, he served as a Judge Advocate for the U.S. Navy, in the following locations: Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia; the Pentagon; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; and Norfolk, Virginia. Judge Rainey is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, Illinois State Bar, and Virginia State Bar.