Ian Jason Richards (born May 31, 1975) is a former county court judge in the Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit.

[2] Richards was the first African-American judge to be elected countywide in Broward County, Florida.

[3] 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.

Richards earned his Bachelor of Accounting degree, in 1999, from Florida International University.

In 2002, Richards received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law.