Faculty

Kimberly Richardson, J.D.
Associate Professor of Law

Kimberly Richardson is mathematician turned attorney with over 18 years of experience in health, safety, security, labor, and employment laws, and her career has been focused on helping large complex organizations reduce legal, ethical, and operational risks around the world, as well as prepare for and respond to crises.  

In addition to teaching at Wilmington University School of Law, Richardson currently serves as Of Counsel at Conn Maciel Carey, a leading national boutique firm focused on health, safety, labor and employment law, and on the corporate board of National Water Main Cleaning Company, a national leader in environmental infrastructure inspection, cleaning, and repair services.  She also serves on the Board of the Delaware Chapter of the National Audubon Society. 

Richardson previously served as Senior Corporate Counsel at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Seattle, WA, Senior Counsel at DuPont de Nemours in Wilmington, DE, Labor and Employment Attorney at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, OSHA Counsel and Labor Attorney in the United States Postal Service in Washington, DC, and Associate Attorney in the Labor and Employment Practice of Varnum Law, a law firm in Grand Rapids, MI. Richardson also previously taught at Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, IN, and Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in Philadelphia, PA.

Richardson has been nationally recognized for her legal work and community service.  The Network Journal named Richardson her one of its 40 Under Forty African American achievers in 2008. In 2012, the U.S. Postal Service honored her with the United States Postmaster General’s D.R.I.V.E Award (Delivering Results, Innovation, Value, and Efficiency), and in 2023, Indiana University School of Law awarded her with the Distinguished Service Award.

Kimberly Richardson is graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A. Mathematics) and earned her Juris Doctorate from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where she received the Order of the Barristers and won the 2005 Sherman Minton Moot Court competition. Richardson’s bar admissions include Michigan, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court (W.D. Mich.) and the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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