IN MEMORIAM: JUDGE WILLIAM VAN WYKE, ROUND TABLE MEMBER & DEDICATED CHAMPION OF DUE PROCESS FOR THE UNDERDOG HAS DIED

Courtside has received unofficial reports of Judge Van Wyke’s death. No further details are available at present.

He will be mourned by family, friends, Round Table colleagues, and many immigrants, their families, and their descendants who owe their lives to his courage, persistence, and brilliance, as a private attorney, an Immigration Judge, and an active and engaged member of the Round Table of Former Immigration Judges.

Below is his judicial bio from TRAC Immigration:

Judge Van Wake was appointed as an Immigration Judge in March 1995 in New York City. He was re-assigned to the Immigration Court in New York in June 2002, following a six-year assignment as an Immigration Judge in York, Pennsylvania. Judge Van Wyke received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1972. He received a Master of Arts degree in 1974, and a Juris Doctorate in 1977, both from the University of Michigan. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as an attorney with the Law Office of Thomas Elliott in Washington, DC. From 1986 to 1993, he was in private practice in Washington, DC, focusing primarily on immigration law and international human rights issues. From 1983 to 1985, Judge Van Wyke served as staff attorney for the Central American Refugee Center, also in Washington, DC. He also served 3 years as litigation director for East Arkansas Legal Services. In 1990, he worked as a law student supervisor at AYUDA, Inc., in Washington, DC. From 1992 to 1995, Judge Van Wyke also served as an adjunct professor at Washington College of Law, American University, where he taught refugee and asylum law. He is a member of the Tennessee Bar.

Rest In Peace, our friend and colleague.🗽⚖️

🇺🇸Due Process Forever!

PWS

08-15-22