Kelley Brisbon Hodge at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania · Federal
- Judicial service
- December 23, 2022–present
Kelley Brisbon Hodge
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: District attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2017-2018
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, 2010, 2011
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, University of Virginia School of Law, 2021-
- Professional Career: Private practice, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 2016-2017, 2018-2020
- Professional Career: Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020-2022
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, 2019-
- Professional 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
- Professional Career: 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
- Professional Career: Title IX coordinator and executive assistant to the president, University of Virginia, 2015-2016
- Professional Career: Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Commission on Crime and Delinquency, 2011-2015; safe schools advocate, 2011-2015; acting director, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2015
Education
- University of Virginia · B.A., 1993
- University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (now University of Richmond School of Law) · J.D., 1996
- University of Richmond
Personal record
Born November 17, 1971 · Montgomery County
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/12911481Federal 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