The Hon. Abena Darkeh is an acting justice of the Kings County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, in 2nd Judicial District of New York. She was designated to the seat by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks in 2021.
Prior to her reassignment, Darkeh sat as a judge for the Criminal Court of the City of New York in New York County. She was appointed to the Criminal Court by former Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2015.
Before joining the bench, Darkeh was deputy commissioner for Regional Affairs and Federal Programs in the New York State Division of Human Rights. She began her position there, following a stint as the Domestic Violence Coordinator for the New York City Criminal Court.
Darkeh completed a J.D. from Hofstra University, Maurice A. Deane School of Law.
She served as co-founder and vice president of the Association of Ghanaian Lawyers of America.