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Angel Kelley

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Active service.

Confirmed 52 to 44Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden
Nominated
May 12, 2021
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
June 23, 2021
Committee action
Reported (favorably), July 22, 2021
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 52 to 44
Confirmed
September 14, 2021
Commissioned
September 15, 2021
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1967, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • 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-

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