Joseph Kinneary

Joseph Kinneary

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Years in office: 1986 - 2003

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Years in office: 1966 - 1986

Education

Bachelor's

University of Notre Dame, 1928

Law

University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1935

Personal

Birthplace

Cincinnati, OH

Joseph Peter Kinneary (1905-2003) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Kinneary was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on June 28, 1966, to a seat vacated by Mell Underwood; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1966, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge from 1973-1975. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1986, and served in that capacity until his death on February 14, 2003.^[1]

Early life and education

• University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1928
• University of Cincinnati College of Law, LL.B., 1935^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, 1935-1961
• Assistant state attorney general, Ohio, 1937-1939
• U.S. Army Captain, World War II
• Lecturer, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1948
• First assistant state attorney general, Ohio, 1949-1951
• Special counsel, State Attorney General's Office of Ohio, 1959-1961
• U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1961-1966^[1]

Judicial career

Southern District of Ohio

Kinneary was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on June 28, 1966, to a seat vacated by Mell Underwood; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1966, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge from 1973-1975. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1986, and served in that capacity until his death on February 14, 2003.^[1]

External links

• Joseph Kinneary's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Active judges	Chief Judge: Algenon Marbley   •  Edmund Sargus  •  Matthew McFarland  •  Jeffery P. Hopkins  •  Michael Newman (Ohio)  •  Sarah Daggett Morrison  •  Douglas Cole
Senior judges	Sandra Beckwith  •  Herman Weber  •  James Graham (Ohio federal judge)  •  Walter Rice  •  Susan Dlott  •  Thomas Rose  •  Michael Watson (Ohio)  •  Michael Barrett (Ohio)  •  Timothy S. Black  •
Magistrate judges	Karen L. Litkovitz  •  Caroline Helen Gentry  •  Elizabeth Preston Deavers  •  Stephanie Bowman (Ohio)  •  Kimberly Jolson  •  Chelsey Vascura  •  Peter Silvain  •
Former Article III judges	S. Arthur Spiegel  •  John Holschuh  •  George Smith (Ohio)  •  Humphrey Howe Leavitt  •  Philip Bergen Swing  •  George Read Sage  •  Albert Clifton Thompson  •  John Elbert Sater  •  Howard Clark Hollister  •  John Weld Peck  •  Smith Hickenlooper  •  Benson Hough  •  Robert Reasoner Nevin  •  Mell Underwood  •  John Druffel  •  Lester Cecil  •  Robert Duncan (Ohio)  •  Timothy Hogan (United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio)  •  Joseph Kinneary  •  John Peck II  •  David S. Porter  •  Carl Rubin  •  Carl Weinman  •
Former Chief judges	Sandra Beckwith  •  John Holschuh  •  James Graham (Ohio federal judge)  •  Walter Rice  •  Robert Reasoner Nevin  •  Mell Underwood  •  Timothy Hogan (United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio)  •  Joseph Kinneary  •  David S. Porter  •  Carl Rubin  •  Carl Weinman  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Lyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano
1965	Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young
1966	Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams
1968	Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward