Background
Ladd, Joseph Merritt was born on February 27, 1943 in Tulsa. Son of Merritt Henry Brown and Margaret (Sharp) Cox.
Ladd, Joseph Merritt was born on February 27, 1943 in Tulsa. Son of Merritt Henry Brown and Margaret (Sharp) Cox.
Bachelor, Rockhurst College, 1965. Juris Doctor, University Notre Dame, 1968.
Attorney Cook County Legal Aid Society, United Charities Chicago, 1968—1969. Associate Moriarty, Rose & Hultquist, Chicago, 1970—1974, Jenny, Cole & Eckelkamp, Union, Missouri, 1974—1976. Associate circuit judge, since 1976.
Member of Knights of Columbus, Alpha Sigma Nu (president).
Married Karen Wilson, July 15, 1972.