Judge Dennis B. Kohlhoff Jr.: Biography & Judicial Service | KnowJudges

# Dennis B. Kohlhoff Jr.
Immigration Judge · [Sterling Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/sterling-immigration-court)
Dennis B. Kohlhoff Jr. — Sterling Immigration Court
Last updated October 7, 2026

## Dennis B. Kohlhoff Jr. at a glance
Current roleImmigration Judge
Court[Sterling Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/sterling-immigration-court)
JurisdictionVirginia · Federal
Judicial serviceActive

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## Biography

### Professional career
Sept. 2022 – Sept. 2026: Attorney‑Advisor, U.S. Army Communications‑Electronics Command, U.S. Army Materiel Command Legal Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; also Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
June 2020 – Aug. 2022: Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Fort Worth, TX.
Oct. 2019 – June 2020: Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Kaufman, TX.
Jan. 2017 – Oct. 2019: Assistant State Attorney, Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Fort Myers, FL.

### Judicial service
The Honorable Dennis B. Kohlhoff Jr. is an immigration judge assigned to the [Sterling Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/sterling-immigration-court) in Virginia, appointed in September 2026 by Attorney General Todd Blanche under the Trump administration.
Appointment: September 2026, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
Judge Kohlhoff was among 47 newly appointed immigration judges and 6 temporary immigration judges announced by EOIR on Sept. 24, 2026, as part of the administration’s effort to reduce the immigration court backlog.
Background: Newly appointed; no public case statistics yet, as his docket is still being built.
Note: As a newly sworn‑in judge, his public case records and decision statistics are not yet available. Once EOIR releases docket data, his rulings and case handling patterns will be accessible through official EOIR and judicial directories.

### Education
J.D. in 2016 — Barry University School of Law

## Sources

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