Joseph Phillip Kennedy is a former Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
Joseph Kennedy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary's University in 1965.
He practiced privately from 1969 to 1978 in the Bridgewater firm of Kenney, Theakson, Kennedy & Allen.
He was appointed on the recommendation of a recruitment committee, which considered applications from current Provincial Court judges.
The committee consists of the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia (who chairs the committee), the Chief Judge of the Family Court, the outgoing Chief Judge of the Provincial Court, the president of the Provincial Judges' Association, and a lay person (without a law degree) designated by the Canadian Minister of Justice.