Background
Madden, Joseph Warren was born on January 17, 1890 in Damascus, Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. Son of William James and Elizabeth Dickey (Murdaugh) Madden.
Madden, Joseph Warren was born on January 17, 1890 in Damascus, Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. Son of William James and Elizabeth Dickey (Murdaugh) Madden.
Graduate Northern Illinois State Normal School, DeKalb, Illinois, 1908. Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois, 1911. Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1914.
Professor law, University of Oklahoma, 1914-1916. Practiced law, Rockford, Illinois, 1916-1917. Professor of law, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1917-1921, also private practice.
Dean College of Law and professor of law, West Virginia University, 1921-1927.
Professor of law, University of Pittsburgh, 1927-1938. Chairman National Labor Relations Board, Washington, District of Columbia, 1935-1940.
Judge, United States Court of Claims, Washington, 1941-1961, retired judge 9th Circuit Court Appeals, 1961-1972. Teacher Hastings Law School, San Francisco, from 1961.
Associate director Legal Division, United States Military Government of Germany, 1945.
Director Legal Division and Legal Advisor to the United States Military Governor of Germany, 1946. Acting professor of law, Stanford, 1930-1931. Visiting professor of law, University of Chicago, 4 summers to 1948, Cornell Univercity, summer 1930, Stanford University, summer 1933.
Special assistant office attorney general United States, summer 1920.
U. North Carolina, 1941-1944, Yale, summer 1947, Vanderbilt University, summer 1951, 53. Lecturer German U. Law Schools, summer 1949.
Assisted West Virginia Revision and Codification Commission in revising property statutes, 1925. Adviser on property and torts to American Law Institute, 1934-1950.
Past member (Pennsylvania) Commision on Special Policing in Industry.
Exchange legal specialist, Germany, summer, 1953.
Member American Law Institute, Delta Upsilon, Phi Alpha Delta, Order of Coif. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Margaret Bell Liddell, July 16, 1913. Children: Mary Esther, Joseph Warren, Robert Liddell, Margaret Elizabeth, Murdaugh Stuart.