Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse COURTROOM 428
	Hon. Joseph R. Byrnes (1900-1971) Edward Carey Kenney (1915- ?) Oil on canvas, 1973 35 H x 30 W in. Presented, January 24, 1973 Donor, Baltimore City Bar Association Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court Private Career: Admitted to the bar, 1932 Practiced in firm of Tydings, Sauerwein, Levy & Archer, 1939-1942 Partner, Byrnes and Gordon, 1942 Public Service: Deputy Clerk, Superior Court of Baltimore City, 1932-1935 Deputy Clerk, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1935-1939 Maryland State Senator, Baltimore City (D), 1943-1950 President, Maryland Senate, 1947-1950 Associate Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1950-1968 Member, the 1967-1968 Constitutional Convention of Maryland Comments: Compiled the first detailed catalog of the Baltimore City Courthouse portraits entitled, Portraits In the Court House, which appeared in The Daily Record, March 23, 1936. Appointed to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City by Governor William Preston Lane. Appointed President of the Maryland Senate by Governor Lane. Father of Judge J. Norris Byrnes who serves on the bench of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. His other son Judge John Carroll Byrnes served on the bench of Circuit Court of Baltimore City from 1982-2002 and is still associated with the court.
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