Background
Keenan, Joseph Berry was born on January 11, 1888 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Bernard A. and Sarah (Berry) Keenan.
Keenan, Joseph Berry was born on January 11, 1888 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Bernard A. and Sarah (Berry) Keenan.
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Brown University, 1910. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1913.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1913, and since in practice at Cleveland. Member firm Day, Day & Wilkin, 1919. Appointed special assistant to attorney general of Ohio to investigate crime, 1919.
Formed firm Keenan & Butler, 1930.
Appointed special assistant to attorney general of the United States, to investigate crime, July 1933, assistant attorney general of the United States, in charge of criminal division of Department of Justice, October 1933, assistant to the attorney general, 1936-1939. Private practice, Washington, since 1939.
United States chief of counsel for prosecution in trials of Japanese war criminals, Tokyo, Japan, 1946.
Served with cavalry Mexican border, 1916.
Married Charlotte Quigley, July 7, 1920. Children: William Quigley, Joseph Berry, Betty Jean, John David.