Profile

Judge Asim Rehman currently serves as the Commissioner and Chief Administrative Law Judge of the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). Since assuming this role in March 2022, Judge Rehman has been the steward of OATH and its mission to provide impartial, fair, just, and timely decisions to all parties who appear before it.

Judge Rehman has over two decades of legal, management, and oversight experience across both the public and private sector. He began his career as a law clerk to a Federal District Court Judge in lower Manhattan and later worked as an attorney with two law firms, handling complex litigation, white-collar criminal defense, internal and government investigation, anti-corruption matters, and a broad range of pro bono cases. During this time, he also served as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn. Judge Rehman later worked as Corporate Counsel for a major corporation where he litigated a variety of domestic matters, assisted the company with regulatory compliance, and helped manage the company’s overseas litigation.

In 2014, following the passage of the Community Safety Act, Judge Rehman joined city service as the inaugural General Counsel of the newly opened Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD (OIG-NYPD) within the NYC Department of Investigation. As a member of OIG-NYPD’s executive team, he helped build the office from the ground up, established the office’s legal function, liaised with government agencies, and supervised various systemic investigations of the NYPD. He was subsequently promoted to First Deputy Inspector General. In 2020, Judge Rehman joined the NYC Law Department as Chief of Staff, where supervised complex litigation, worked closely with partner agencies, helped the Law Department advise the City on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and assisted the Corporation Counsel with the overall management of the Law Department. In September 2021, Judge Rehman joined the NYC Department of Correction as General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner for Legal Matters.

Judge Rehman has held volunteer leadership positions with several organizations and is a strong supporter of civic and community engagement. He has testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, lectured overseas at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State, and is the recipient of the SABANY Corporate Leadership Award, the NAPABA “Best Lawyers Under 40” Award, and the New York City Bar Association Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award.