Joseph Peter Kinneary (September 19, 1905 – February 14, 2003) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse in Downtown Columbus is named for him.
Joseph Peter Kinneary
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Born 1905 in Cincinnati, OH
Died 2003 in Upper Arlington, OH
FJC ID: 1283
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Ohio Southern District Court · 1966–2003
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio1961–1966- Private practice, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio1935–1961
- Attorney General's Office, State of OhioSpecial counsel · 1959–1961
- State of OhioFirst assistant attorney general · 1949–1951
Lecturer · 1948- State of OhioAssistant attorney general · 1937–1939
World War IIU.S. Army captain
Appointments
1966–2003 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- LL.B. · 1935
- University of Notre DameB.A. · 1928