Ian Richards (judge)
Ian J. Richards | |
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| County Court Judge of Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit | |
| In office January 2009 – January 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ian Jason Richards May 31, 1975 |
| Citizenship | American British (formerly) |
| Alma mater | Florida International University (B.Acc) University of Miami School of Law (JD) |
| Profession | attorney, judge |
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Ian Jason Richards (born May 31, 1975) is a former county court judge in the Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit. Richards was the first African-American judge to be elected countywide in Broward County, Florida. He presided over State of Florida v. John Reasee, in which Richards jumped over his bench to protect a witness who was being attacked by the man against whom she had testified.