Richard Boykin Kellam (May 30, 1909 – June 8, 1996) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Richard Boykin Kellam
Virginia Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Born 1909 in Princess Anne County, VA
Died 1996 in Virginia Beach, VA
FJC ID: 1245
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 29/year
Virginia Eastern District Court · 1967–1996
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Virginia Circuit Court, Twenty-Eighth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1960–1967
- Private practice, Virginia1934–1960
Appointments
1967–1996 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1934