Kelley Brisbon Hodge
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Born 1971.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jul 12, 2022
- Senate vote
- 52 to 44
- Confirmed
- Dec 6, 2022
- Commissioned
- Dec 23, 2022
Education
- B.A., University of Virginia, 1993
- J.D., University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (now University of Richmond School of Law), 1996
Career
- Assistant public defender, Richmond, Virginia, 1997-2003
- assistant public defender I, 1997-1999
- assistant public defender II, 1999-2001
- senior assistant public defender, 2001-2003
- Assistant district attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004-2011
- assistant chief, Municipal Court Unit, 2007-2009
- chief, Municipal Court Unit, 2009-2010
- assistant chief, Juvenile Court Unit, 2010-2011
- Adjunct professor, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, 2010, 2011
- Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Commission on Crime and Delinquency, 2011-2015
- safe schools advocate, 2011-2015
- acting director, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2015
- Title IX coordinator and executive assistant to the president, University of Virginia, 2015-2016
- Private practice, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 2016-2017, 2018-2020
- District attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2017-2018
- Adjunct professor, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, 2019-
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020-2022
- Adjunct professor, University of Virginia School of Law, 2021-
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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