Kevin F. Kelly

Professional career

• Judge of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania, appointed in 2000 and currently serving a third ten‐year term, with prior service as a Deputy District Attorney and in multiple judicial divisions
• Criminal Division He also held the role of the county’s criminal courts’ liaison judge from 2013 to 2017 and returned to that role in 2022
• Before joining the bench, Judge Kelly worked in the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office from 1985 until 2000, rising to Deputy District Attorney.
• President Judge of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas
• Judge Kelly is a lifelong resident of Delaware County and a graduate of Haverford High School
• He was named Outstanding Prosecutor of the Year by the Pennsylvania Criminal Investigators and was active in criminal justice education, teaching at the Delaware County Municipal Police Academy and at legal seminars

Education

Additional information

• He was first elected to a full ten‐year term in 2001, retained in 2011 for a second term, and again retained in 2021 for a third term.
• Joined the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas by then‐Governor Tom Ridge on June 30, 2000.