JJ Miller

The Honorable James J Miller, Jr., better known as JJ, has been on the board since the fall of 2015. JJ is a Dubuque native and resides in El Paso, Texas. He is an alumnus of the Colt Cadets (1979) and the Colts. Throughout his drum corps career he was a drummer, aging out as drum major in 1986. Thereafter, he was on the marching staff in 1987 and then was tour director for the summers of 1988 thru 1990.

Currently, United States Attorney General William Barr appointed JJ in September 2020 as a United States Immigration Judge in El Paso, Texas. Judge Miller earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1987 from Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, and a Juris Doctorate in 1990 from Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota. From 1998 to 2020 he served as the Chief, Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, Pecos Division, in Alpine, Texas. From 1994 to 1998 he served as the Senior Defense Counsel, Trial Defense Service, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, at Fort Polk, Louisiana. From 1990 to 1994 he served as a claims, civil and administrative law attorney, and prosecutor, with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps at Fort Bliss, Texas.