California Bar Journal
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 1999
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Joseph Ball
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numerous federal commissions. In 1964, he was appointed senior counsel to the Warren Commission, the body named to investigate the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In addition, he was president of the Long Beach Bar Association in 1951-52 and of the State Bar in 1956-57.

Born in Stuart, Iowa, in 1902, Ball graduated from Creighton University and received a law degree from the University of Southern California in 1927. He became one of the first admittees to the State Bar of California when it was established by the legislature that year.