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Ian J. Richards (born May 1975) presently serves as county court judge in the Florida’s 17th Judicial Circuit.[1] Judge Richards was the first African-American judge to be elected countywide in Broward County Florida. [7] He presided over one of South Florida’s most highly publicized hearings State of Florida v. John Reasee in which Judge Richards jumped over his bench to protect a witness who was being attacked by the man she had testified against. [8][9]
