Kevin Andrew Ross (born June 1, 1963)[1] is an American television personality, podcaster, producer, writer, and former judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California.
[citation needed] After being profiled on KCET's Life & Times Tonight, Ross began appearing on the local PBS program to discuss legal issues from a judge's perspective.
[8] He also frequently spoke about the importance of Blacks becoming police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges to ensure the judicial system treated minorities fairly.
In 2005 the Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) removed Judge Ross from office, stating he violated judicial canons pertaining to defendants' constitutional rights, became embroiled in cases he was supposed to be adjudicating impartially, publicly commented on several matters pending before him during appearances on KCET, and improperly held himself out as a judge while actually acting as a private mediator in a television court show pilot.
[13] Ross decided to start a communications company, become a blogger, and launch an eponymous Internet show on Blogtalkradio, a large citizen broadcasting network.
[17] Ross’ acting credits include appearing as the judge in independent films ”Blindfire” and ”Broken Star” ”, and an episode of Bounce TV’s comedy series ”In The Cut”.
[18] He appears on various cable and radio outlets such as Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, Black Entertainment Television (BET), NPR,[19][20] and KJLH 102.3 FM as a legal, political and social commentator.