Joseph L. Kun
Joseph Lorenz Kun (November 27, 1882 – June 15, 1961) was a Philadelphia lawyer and judge who served for thirty years on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Early life Kun was born in Ungvar, Hungary, (present-day Uzhhorod, Ukraine) in 1882, the son of Lorenz Kun and Bette (Adler) Kun. When he was four years old, his family emigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. Kun's father found work in the city as a shoemaker, and Kun attended public schools there. After elementary education at the Horace Binney School, Kun attended Central High School, graduating in 1901. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1904 and worked in the office of Samuel W. Salus, a lawyer and Republican state senator in Philadelphia. Early career A few years later, Kun opened his own law office. In 1916, he was appointed a deputy attorney general by State Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown, the only Philadelphian Brown appointed during his term. In 1919, Kun ...
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