What is Judge Dennis Kohlhoff's background?
EOIR's notice says that Dennis Kohlhoff was appointed in September 2026. Judge Kohlhoff earned a Bachelor of Science in 2009 from Texas A&M University and a Juris Doctor in 2016 from Barry University School of Law. From September 2022 to September 2026, he served as an attorney-advisor with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, U.S. Army Materiel Command Legal Center, Department of the Army, in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. During this time, he also served concurrently as a special assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, Department of Justice, in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. From June 2020 to August 2022, he served as an assistant criminal district attorney with the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas. From October 2019 to June 2020, he served as an assistant criminal district attorney with the Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney’s Office in Kaufman, Texas.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Dennis Kohlhoff in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Sterling Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.
No outcome or personal-profile claims
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