Supreme Court Justice - District 13
Kelvin Richards
Public defender with the Legal Aid Society on Staten Island since 2013.
On the Democratic line in this election.
Legal Aid Society public defender · Admitted to the bar in New Jersey (2012) and New York (2013)
Selected cases & rulings
No rating from a bar association or judicial screening panel was found for him as of Sept. 29, 2026. No New York attorney registration under his name was found, so his 2013 New York bar admission is as reported by the New York Law Journal. The dates of his Minnesota law clerk and student prosecutor work were not found.
Professional experience
since 2013
Staff attorney doing criminal defense with the Legal Aid Society on Staten Island.
Branch — Kelvin Richards candidate profile ↗Law clerk for the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights and the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, and certified student prosecutor for the Brooklyn Center City Attorney Office in Minnesota.
Branch — Kelvin Richards candidate profile ↗
Bar admission & conduct
- Bar admission
Admitted 2013 · William Mitchell College of Law
As listed in a New York Law Journal judicial candidate profile, Sept. 22, 2026 ↗
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