Title: Board of Immigration Appeals
Headings: Board of Immigration Appeals
Board of Immigration Appeals
Biographical Information
Michael P. Baird
William A. Cassidy
V. Stuart Couch
Deborah K. Goodwin
Stephanie E. Gorman
Keith E. Hunsucker
Philip J. Montante Jr.
Blair O'Connor
Sirce E. Owen
Aaron R. Petty
Kevin W. Riley
Earle B. Wilson
Temporary Board Members
Joan B. Geller
Gabriel Gonzalez
Beth Liebmann
Mark Noferi

Content: From 2009 to October 2010, he was in private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. From 2006 to 2009, Judge Couch served as a senior appellate judge on the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals in the District of Columbia. From 2003 to 2006, he was assigned to the Department of Defense, Office of Military Commissions as a senior prosecutor for select detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. From 2001 to 2003, he served as the chief trial counsel and military justice officer for Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From 1999 to 2001, Judge Couch was in private practice and served as an assistant district attorney in Beaufort and New Bern, North Carolina. From 1996 to 1999, he served as the chief trial counsel and a special assistant U.S. attorney at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Before attending law school, Judge Couch served as a KC-130 pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 (VMGR-252) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point from 1989 to 1993. Judge Couch is a member of the North Carolina State Bar. Return to top of the page
Michael J. Creppy
Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Michael J. Creppy in February 2011. Judge Creppy received a bachelor of arts degree in 1975 from Fisk University, a juris doctorate in 1978 from Howard University School of Law and a masters of law degree in 1979 from Georgetown University Law Center.