What is Judge Lenka J. Koss's background?
EOIR's notice says that Lenka J. Koss was appointed in April 2026. Judge Koss earned a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in International Relations and Foreign Languages (German) in 1999 from West Virginia University and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. From 2020 to March 2026, she was with the Board of Immigration Appeals, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, in Falls Church, Virginia, serving in the following roles: senior attorney advisor (October 2024-March 2026); and attorney advisor (2020 to October 2024). From 2009 to 2020, she served as an attorney advisor in several components of the Social Security Administration, including the Office of Hearings and Appeals and the Office of Chief Administrative Law Judge where she earned the 2019 Team Honor Award for Outstanding Performance of Special Review Cadre. From 2003 to 2007, she was an associate attorney at a private law firm where she worked on bankruptcy and commercial law litigation.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Lenka J. Koss 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 Annandale 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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