Judge Bain was appointed as an immigration judge in March 2008. Shereceived a bachelor of arts degree in 1988 from Dickinson College and ajuris doctorate in 1991 from the Dickinson School of Law of thePennsylvania State University. From 2006 to 2008 and 1996 to 2001,Judge Bain served as senior litigation counsel and an appellate lawyerin the Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of ImmigrationLitigation. From July 2003 to September 2006, she worked as a trialattorney in the Civil Division, Torts Branch, Environmental TortsSection. From 2001 to 2003, Judge Bain was detailed to the Office ofthe Deputy Attorney General where she served as counsel to the DeputyAttorney General. From 1991 to 1996, she was a trial attorney with theformer Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), entering on dutythrough the Attorney General?s Honors Program in 1991. From 2000 to2006, Judge Bain also served as an adjunct professor at AmericanUniversity, Washington College of Law, where she taught two courses inasylum and immigration law. She is a member of the Pennsylvania andNew York State bars.