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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Dawn Kulick earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 from Chatham College and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from New York Law School. From 2016 to 2020, she served as an assistant chief counsel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami and Philadelphia, and previously worked as a judicial law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2014-2016) and as an assistant state attorney in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. She earlier held roles at Greenberg Traurig PA, HarperCollins Publishers, and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. She is a member of the Florida State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,564
Completions per year
9,381 total
2.6%
Detained at decision
share of cases
24 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
32.2%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
2.5%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
0%
Appeals remanded or reversed
30 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
0%⚠
Bond requests granted
3 bond decisions Too few cases
—
Median bond when set
—
Released on own recognizance
This judge 0%
Court average 0%
National 41.9% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
44.4%
392 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
14.1%
469 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
79.5%
73 decisions Moderate
Adjustment of status (245)
80.6%⚠
36 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
99.3%
145 decisions Moderate
44.4%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 392 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
44.4%
This court
38.3%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 25% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 374 decisions since 2021
45.2%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 18 decisions since 2021
27.8%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) and is incomplete.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).