Denham Arthur Kelsey (born October 9, 1961) is an American lawyer and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

[3] He graduated magna cum laude from Old Dominion University in 1982 and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the College of William & Mary Law School in 1985, as a member of the Order of the Coif.

The General Assembly unanimously elected Kelsey to the Supreme Court on January 20, 2015, for a twelve-year term beginning the following February 1.

He also serves on the Steering Committee of the Boyd-Graves Conference, a similar organization that focuses specifically on Virginia law.

3, at 10 (Fall 2010) • The Architecture of Judicial Power: Appellate Review & Stare Decisis, 45 The Judges' Journal 2, at 6-13 (ABA 2006), see also 53 Virginia Lawyer, No.

8.3 “Appellate Practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia,” Va. CLE Publications (2023) • In Rem Liens & Ship Repair Contracts, Shipping Finance Annual 177-79 (Euromoney PLC 1996) • Robert M. Hughes III & D. Arthur Kelsey, Toxic & Environmental Torts Within Admiralty, 62 Tul.

405 (1988) • D. Arthur Kelsey & John E. Holloway, Mistaken LHWCA Compensation Payments: Subrogation Lien Or Third Party Credit?, 30 J. Mar.