Background
Kerrigan, Joseph Michael was born on September 29, 1919 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James A. and Anna M. (Murphy) Kerrigan.
Kerrigan, Joseph Michael was born on September 29, 1919 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James A. and Anna M. (Murphy) Kerrigan.
College of the Holy Cross (Bachelor of Arts, 1939). Harvard Business School (I.A., 1943). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1942).
Member, Nashua City Planning Board, 1955-1962. Secretary and Trustee, Rivier College, since 1970.
Trial attorney Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Boston, 1947-1951. Associate firm Sullivan & Gregg, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1951-1955. Partner Hamblett & Kerrigan, since 1955, senior partner, since 1975.
Secretary, counsel Rivier College, 1970. Member First Crct. Judicial Nominating Panel, 1979-1982.
Member Nashua Planning Board, 1956-1961, chairman, 1960-1961. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association, National Association Defense Trial Attorneys (governor 1987-1990), American Law Institute, New Hampshire Bar Association (president 1975-1976), New Hampshire Bar Foundation (trustee 1977-1979, president 1979-1980), Defense Research Institute (state chairman 1984-1988), Nashua Bar Association (president 1970-1971). Clubs: Twenty Associates.
Married Jean M. Dooley, November 20, 1943. Children– Joseph Michael, Kathleen Ann, Patricia, Timothy, Matthew.