Angel Kelley
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Born 1967.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- May 12, 2021
- Senate vote
- 52 to 44
- Confirmed
- Sep 14, 2021
- Commissioned
- Sep 15, 2021
Education
- B.A., Colgate University, 1989
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1992
- LL.M., Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 2003
Career
- Assistant director, Housing Preservation and Development, City of New York, 1992-1993
- Instructor (part-time), Double Discovery Program, Columbia University, 1992-2005
- Staff attorney, Juvenile Rights Division, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, New York, 1993-1997
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 1997-2005
- staff attorney, 1997-2003
- senior trial attorney, 2003-2005
- assistant chief, New York Litigation Division, 2005
- Instructor (part-time), Real Estate Institute, New York University, 2004-2005
- Clinical instructor, Legal Aid Bureau, Harvard University Law School, 2005-2007
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 2007-2009
- Associate justice, Brockton [Massachusetts] District Court, 2009-2013
- Adjunct professor (part-time), Suffolk University School of Law, 2012-
- Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 2013-2021
- regional administrative judge for Plymouth County, 2017-2020
- Adjunct professor (part-time), Boston University School of Law, 2018-
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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