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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Andrea Koppenhofer

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed June 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Koppenhofer6.0%
New York court47.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
168
Asylum granted
156
Other relief granted
2
Denied
10
Against own court
-41.7 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23
7%6%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 99% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Official biography

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Andrea Koppenhofer as an immigration judge in June 2020. Judge Koppenhofer ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 from Dominican Universityand a Juris Doctor in 1991 from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. From 2016 to 2020, sheserved as a municipal relief judge, in Aurora, Boulder, Centennial, Edgewater, and Thornton,Colorado. From 2015 to 2016, she was a legal consultant and project manager with Grays Peak Strategies, in Arvada, Colorado. From 2011 to 2016, she served as a district court magistrate inthe 19th Judicial District of Colorado. From 2010 to 2011, she was an associate attorney with Harris Family Law Firm, in Denver. From 2007 to 2010, she was an attorney with Blomfelt &Associates, in Windsor, Colorado. From 1999 to 2006, she was in private practice, in Kane County and DuPage County, Illinois. From 1991 to 1995, she served as an assistant state attorney with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, in Chicago. Judge Koppenhofer is a member ofthe Colorado State Bar and Illinois State Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

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About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.