Background
Cooney, Joseph Patrick was born on August 30, 1906 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Dwyer) Cooney.
Cooney, Joseph Patrick was born on August 30, 1906 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Dwyer) Cooney.
Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1929.
Member Connecticut State Senate from 2d senatorial district, 1931-1933, 37, 41. Assistant United States District attorney, 1941-1943. Partner Cooney, Scully & Dowling, Hartford.
Member Hartford Aviation Commission, 1930-1931, Hartford County Commission, 1933-1939, Hartford County grievance committee, 1961-1965. Chairman Connecticut governor's ad hoc committee judicial nominees, 1975-1977.
Trustee Catholic Family Services St. Agnes Home, St. Jospeh College. Board directors St. Francis Hospital, Connecticut Hospital Association, president 1961-1962, Mount St. Benedict. Cemetery, Connecticut Institute for Blind, Hospital Council Greater Hartford, 1962-1963.
Board incorporators Institute Living, Mount Sinai Hospital. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member International Society Barristers, American Bar Association (house delegations 1966-1967), Hartford County Bar Association (president 1946-1948), Knights of St. Gregory.
Married Mary M. Malliet, June 28, 1933 (deceased Jan 1974). Children: Jane (Mistress Video Jockey Dowling), Edwina (Mistress H.T. Gillis), Margaret (Mistress Bachelor of Journalism Coughlin), Anne, Joseph Patrick, Mary Alice (Mistress Edgar A. Belden), Barbara (Mistress Robert G. Oliver). Married Marion Cobden, May 29, 1976.