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John Keenan's Biography

Contact Information

Office

Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street, Courtroom 20C
New York, NY 10007-1312

Full Name:

John Fontaine Keenan

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1929

Birth Place:

New York, NY

LLB, Fordham University School of Law, 1954

BBA, Manhattan College, 1951

No political experience information on file.

Senior Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1996-present

Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 1994-2001

Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1983-1996

Criminal Justice Coordinator, New York City, 1982-1983

Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, September 13, 1983

Confirmed by United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, September 20, 1983

Chair/President, New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, New York, 1979-1982

Deputy Attorney General/Special Prosecutor of Corruption, State of New York, 1976-1979

Chief Assistant District Attorney, New York County, New York, 1974-1976

Assistant District Attorney, New York County, New York, 1956-1976

Administrative Assistant District Attorney, Trials, New York County, NY, 1974

Assistant District Attorney, Homicide Bureau, New York County, New York, 1970-1973

Chief Assistant District Attorney, Queen's County, New York, 1973

Assistant District Attorney, Supreme Court Bureau, New York County, New York, 1968-1969

Lawyer, Private Practice, New York City, 1956

Served, United States Army, 1954-1956

Member, United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 1998-2006

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