Background
O’Shea, William Joseph was born on January 27, 1899 in Brooklyn. Son of William J. and Anna M. (Walsh) O’S.
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William Joseph O’Shea
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Bachelor of Arts, Fordham University, 1919, Bachelor of Laws, 1923, Doctor of Laws, 1951.
Career
Admitted to New York bar, 1923, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1932. Faculty school law Fordham University, 1925-1934. Partner Saxe, Bacon & O’Shea, and predecessor law firms, New York City, since 1926.
Special assistant United State Attorneys general, 1953.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Board of Education of New York City. Member of New York State Constitutional Convention Committee, 1937-1938, delegate, 1938. Member of New York State Bar Association (Executive Committee, since 1950, chairman 1956-1957), Association Bar City New York (Executive Committee 1940-1944, vice president 1945-1946), New York County Lawyers Association (director) 1940-1946, vice president 1952, president 1954-1955), Fordham University Alumni Association (president 1942-1943).
Clubs: University, Manhattan, Athletic, Downtown Association (New York City).
Connections
Married Edwina Michel Shanley, August 10, 1932. Children: William Joseph, Michelle Marie, Edwina Annual.
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Nationality
American