Kenneth R. Melvin
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Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Melvin (born September 18, 1952) is an American politician, lawyer and jurist.
Career
Melvin was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
He served as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Portsmouth from 1986 to 2009.[1][2] Melvin was also a member of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and a mentor to Virginia state senator Louise Lucas.[3]
On February 24, 2009, Melvin announced he would not run for reelection.[4] On April 7, Governor Tim Kaine appointed Melvin to judgeship on the Virginia Circuit Court in Portsmouth, effective May 1, 2009.[5] On May 1, 2009, he retired from the House and became a judge of the Portsmouth Circuit Court.[6]
On March 4, 2016, Melvin was named as the possible successor to Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. of the Court of Appeals of Virginia if Alston were to be elevated to the Supreme Court of Virginia.[2][7][3] The vote to appoint Alston to the Supreme Court of Virginia failed.[8]
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External links
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- Project Vote Smart - Representative Kenneth Ronald 'Ken' Melvin (VA) profile
- Follow the Money - Kenneth R. Melvin
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Colby College alumni
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- Politicians from Portsmouth, Virginia
- Virginia circuit court judges
- Virginia lawyers
- 20th-century African-American lawyers
- 21st-century African-American lawyers
- 21st-century American judges
- 20th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly
- 21st-century members of the Virginia General Assembly