Appointment Memos

Appointment Memos

Administrative Judges, Administrative Law Judges, and Indian Probate Judges are appointed to the Office of Hearings and Appeals by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with 43 C.F.R. 4.2 and the United States Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2.

Letters appointing each of the current serving Administrative Judges, Administrative Law Judges, and Indian Probate Judges can be viewed using the links below.

Administrative Judges - Interior Board of Indian Appeals

Thomas Alan Blaser – Chief Administrative Judge (Memo 10/24/18)
Kenneth Dalton – Administrative Judge (Memo 04/13/20)
James A. Maysonett – Administrative Judge (Memo 11/20/22)

Administrative Judges – Interior Board of Land Appeals

Matthew Ballenger – Administrative Judge (Memo 11/02/23, Memo 05/10/20)
K. Jack Haugrud – Administrative Judge (Memo 10/24/18)
Steven J. Lechner – Deputy Chief Administrative Judge (Memo 04/13/20)
Silvia Riechel Idziorek – Chief Administrative Judge (Memo 08/17/23, Memo 10/24/18)
Amy B. Sosin – Administrative Judge (Memo 10/24/18)

Administrative Law Judges – Departmental Cases Hearings Division

Christopher Damian Prandoni – Administrative Judge (Memo 04/13/20)

Administrative Law Judges and Indian Probate Judges – Probate Hearings Division

Courtney Allensworth-Esposito – Indian Probate Judge (Memo 01/08/21)
David Armstrong – Indian Probate Judge (Memo 01/08/21)
Mildred Leah Harjo-Ware – Indian Probate Judge (Memo 10/24/18)
Albert C. Jones – Indian Probate Judge (Memo 10/24/18)
Paul Kienzle – Indian Probate Judge (Memo 01/17/21)
John Rogers Payne – Chief Administrative Law Judge (Memo 04/13/2020, Memo 10/24/2018)
Thomas Kenneth Pfister – Indian Probate Judge (Memo 10/24/18)
Mary P. Thorstenson – Supervisory Indian Probate Judge (Memo 10/24/18)
Roderick Ventura – Indian Probate Judge (Memo 01/08/21)
Daniel Vis – Indian Probate Judge (Memo 01/08/21)

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