Denham Arthur Kelsey (born October 9, 1961) is an American lawyer and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. His twelve-year term on the Supreme Court began on February 1, 2015.[1][2] Kelsey was previously an appellate judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia and a trial court judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Virginia.
Arthur Kelsey | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia | |
| Assumed office February 1, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Cynthia D. Kinser |
| Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals | |
| In office August 30, 2002 – February 1, 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Mark Warner |
| Preceded by | Robert Bray |
| Succeeded by | Richard Y. Atlee, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Denham Arthur Kelsey October 9, 1961 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Old Dominion University (BA) College of William and Mary (JD) |
Biography
editKelsey was born in Norfolk, Virginia.[3] He graduated magna cum laude from Old Dominion University in 1982 and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the College of William & Mary Law School in 1985, as a member of the Order of the Coif.[1] He then clerked for the Honorable John Ashton MacKenzie, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1]
After several years in private practice, including as a litigation partner at Hunton & Williams, Kelsey was elected to be a circuit judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, based in Suffolk, in 2000.[1] He was appointed by Governor Mark R. Warner to the Virginia Court of Appeals in August 2002.[4] He was subsequently elected by the General Assembly for an eight-year term in 2003 and re-elected in 2011. The General Assembly unanimously elected Kelsey to the Supreme Court on January 20, 2015, for a twelve-year term beginning the following February 1.[1][5]
Kelsey serves as an adjunct professor at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary, Regent University School of Law, and Appalachian School of Law.
In 2023, Kelsey was elected to the American Law Institute, a leading independent organization in the United States that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. He also serves on the Steering Committee of the Boyd-Graves Conference, a similar organization that focuses specifically on Virginia law.
Publications
edit• Bracton’s Warning & Hamilton’s Reassurance, 22 The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, 263-82 (2022), see also 66 Virginia Lawyer 2, at 20-27 (2017), and Response to Letter to Editor, 66 Virginia Lawyer 3, at 6, 8 (2017)
• The Laws of Physics and the Physics of Laws, 62 Virginia Lawyer 9, at 30 (2014) (abridged version), see also 25 Regent U. L. Rev. 89 (2012) (unabridged version)
• The Commonwealth’s Common Law, 40 VBA Journal 26 (Winter 2013-14)
• The Resurgent Role of Legal History in Modern U.S. Supreme Court Cases, 37 VBA Journal No. 3, at 10 (Fall 2010)
• The Architecture of Judicial Power: Appellate Review & Stare Decisis, 45 The Judges' Journal 2, at 6-13 (ABA 2006), see also 53 Virginia Lawyer, No. 3 (Oct. 2004)
• Law & Politics: The Imperative of Judicial Self-Restraint, 28 VBA Journal No. 6, at 6-9 (Sept. 2002)
• Procedural Defaults: Balancing Systemic & Individual Justice, 1 VTLA Appellate Journal 1-22 (2012)
• The Thing Decided: Rule 1:6’s Rediscovery of Res Judicata in Virginia, 34 VBA Journal No. 2, at 18-21, 26 (June/July 2008)
• Virginia’s Answer To Daubert’s Question Behind The Question, 90 Judicature No. 2, 68-71 (2006)
• Procedural Defaults In Virginia Trial Courts: The Adversarial Model & The Imperative of Neutrality, 55 Virginia Lawyer 3, at 38 (Oct. 2006)
• Social Compact as Law: The Workers’ Compensation Act and the Wicked Sisters of the Common Law, 31 VBA Journal No. 5, at 13-21 (Oct./Nov. 2005)
• Law & Equity in Virginia, 28 VBA Journal No. 8, at 6-10 (Dec. 2002)
• Civil Discovery in Virginia, ch. 11 “Judicial Supervision & Enforcement,” Va. CLE Publications (2017)
• Appellate Practice, ch. 8.3 “Appellate Practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia,” Va. CLE Publications (2023)
• In Rem Liens & Ship Repair Contracts, Shipping Finance Annual 177-79 (Euromoney PLC 1996)
• Robert M. Hughes III & D. Arthur Kelsey, Toxic & Environmental Torts Within Admiralty, 62 Tul. L. Rev. 405 (1988)
• D. Arthur Kelsey & John E. Holloway, Mistaken LHWCA Compensation Payments: Subrogation Lien Or Third Party Credit?, 30 J. Mar. L. & Com. 19 (1999)
• Wendy Cohen & D. Arthur Kelsey, The Virginia Lawyer (Lexis L. Pub.), Chp. 3 (1998)
• Contributing Author, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Antitrust Law Developments (4th ed. 1997 & Supp. 1998)
• Associate Editor, American Maritime Cases (Mar. L. Ass’n) (1999-2000)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Vieth, Peter (2015-01-20). "Kelsey named to Supreme Court". Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Richmond, Virginia. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "'Extraordinary Justice' Sworn in to High Court".
- ^ Agnew, Tracy (2011-01-03). "Kelsey is pressed for top court". Suffolk News-Herald. Suffolk, Virginia. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ Fletcher, Paul (2002-09-09). "Judge Kelsey Is Tapped For Appeals Court". Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Richmond, Virginia. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ Virginia Supreme Court Portrait, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=271FlfpOOZQ, Suffolk Circuit Court Portrait, https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2018/03/23/kelsey-honored-with-portrait/
External links
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