 Keogh,
Sr. Judge Joseph F.
A retired
district judge and a resident of Baton Rouge, he died at 10:40
p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 1996, at Baton Rouge General Medical
Center. He was 64 and a native of Louisiana. Visiting at
Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., noon to 9 p.m. Friday
and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Religious services at the funeral home
at 11 a.m. Saturday. Entombment at Greenoaks Memorial Park
Mausoleum. Survived by wife, Julie P. Keogh; three daughters,
Kristen, Colleen and Mary; three sons, Kevin, Ryan and Joseph Jr.;
and a brother Reggie Keogh. Pallbearers will be Walter Krousel
Jr., Sean McGlynn, John McGregor, Jerry McKernan, John Cox, Judge
Foster Sanders, Richard Smith and Kirk Pastorick. Honorary
pallbearers are Danny McGlynn, Alan McGlynn, Karl Krousel, Walter
Krousel III, Kenneth Antee, Wally Edwards, Judge Melvin Shortess,
Steve Wilson, Scottie Maxwell and Paul Miller. He was reared and
educated in the public schools of Baton Rouge, graduated from
Istrouma High School in 1950, and LSU School of Law in 1955,
admitted to practice law in State of Louisiana (all courts), U.S.
District Court for Middle Eastern and Western Districts of
Louisiana, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme
Court, actively engaged in the practice of law for 28 years prior
to judgeship, practiced civil litigation law with firm of Franklin
and Keogh from 1976-81, and founding senior partner of the law
firm of Keogh, Cox and Wilson, Baton Rouge from 1981-84. He was a
member of the Board of Governors of the Piedmont Club from
1962-65, Sixth Congressional District Representative on the
Council of the Louisiana State Junior Bar Association from
1963-68, member of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana and American Bar
associations, member of the Federation of Insurance Counsel, named
Baton Rouge Junior Chamber of Commerce "Outstanding Young Man
of the Year" for 1964, member of the Louisiana State House of
Representatives from 1964-1968, past chairman of the Joint
Legislative Committee for the compilation of the Louisiana Code of
Administrative Procedure, member of the Louisiana State Law
Institute, vice president and board member of the Baton Rouge
March of Dimes from 1967-84. He served as parish attorney from
1969-79, president of the Louisiana City Attorneys Association
from 1974-75, and special counsel, city of Baton Rouge from
1979-84, East Baton Rouge Parish. He was a member of Baton Rouge
Irish Club, having served as former president and twice grand
marshall, member of the Louisiana State Supreme Court Judicial
Committee on Selection of Judges, American Judges Association, DWI
Task Force Evaluation Team, American Inns of Court, Dean McMahon
Chapter, LSU School of Social Studies Welfare Work Advisory Board,
LSU Paralegal School Advisory Board, board member of Baton Rouge
Area Alcohol and Drug Center since its founding in 1972 and
president from 1987-89, member of Louisiana State Supreme Court
Time Standards Committee, member of executive committee of
Louisiana District Judges Association and committee for
Jeffersonian Principles of Government and member and former
chairman of the board for Detox Center of Baton Rouge. He was a
faculty member of LSU Paralegal Studies School from 1988-93, and
litigation professor, Louisiana delegate from 1992-94 National
Conference of Trial Judges at ABA annual meetings in San
Francisco, Louisiana district judge of criminal division for three
years in the 19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge
Parish, Louisiana District Judge of civil division for nine years,
19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish, presiding
judge in the Champion Insurance Co. liquidation case from
1989-present and chief judge of 19th Judicial District Court from
July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995. He was treasurer of Louisiana
District Judges Association from 1994-1995, secretary of Louisiana
District Judges Association from 1995-96, author of numerous
professional articles and lectures at many C.L.E. seminars, member
of LSU English Department, Readers and Writers and vice-chairman
of the American Br Association, Judicial Ethics and Responsibility
Committee from 1992 to present. .
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