Angel Kelley at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts · Federal
- Judicial service
- September 15, 2021–present
Angel Kelley
Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Available research
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AI abuse cases
1 caseAI-related ruling · March 11, 2026
Traver v. General Motors Financial Company Inc., et al.
- Court response
- Warning
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Staff attorney, Juvenile Rights Division, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, New York, 1993-1997
- Professional Career: 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
- Professional Career: Instructor (part-time), Double Discovery Program, Columbia University, 1992-2005
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 2007-2009
- Professional Career: Assistant director, Housing Preservation and Development, City of New York, 1992-1993
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor (part-time), Boston University School of Law, 2018-
- Professional Career: Instructor (part-time), Real Estate Institute, New York University, 2004-2005
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor (part-time), Suffolk University School of Law, 2012-
- Professional Career: Clinical instructor, Legal Aid Bureau, Harvard University Law School, 2005-2007
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, D. Massachusetts, 2021-present
- Professional Career: Associate justice, Brockton [Massachusetts] District Court, 2009-2013
- Professional Career: Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 2013-2021; regional administrative judge for Plymouth County, 2017-2020
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center · J.D., 1992
- Colgate University · B.A., 1989
- Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law · LL.M., 2003
Personal record
Born 1967 · New Rochelle, NY
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/10719691CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/16242/angel-kelley/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts