Joseph C. H. Flynn

Joseph Charles Hugh Flynn (January 22, 1892 – June 26, 1941) was a lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.

Life Flynn was born on January 22, 1892, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Hugh Flynn and Mary Curley. His cousin was Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley.

Flynn attended Brooklyn public schools and graduated from the Erasmus Hall High School. He spent several years working as a reporter for the Brooklyn Citizen, followed by the New-York Tribune. His brother Frank also worked as a reporter for both the Brooklyn Citizen and the New York Daily Mirror. He then studied at St. John's College and Fordham Law School. He graduated from the latter school in 1915, and in 1916 he was admitted to the bar. He was a secretary to New York Supreme Court Justice Leander B. Faber, although he resigned from the position in 1917 to serve as head of the Army Intelligence Bureau at Governors Island during World War I with the rank of sergeant.

In 1923, Flynn was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Kings County 5th District. He served in the Assembly in 1924. In January 1925, New York Attorney General Albert Ottinger appointed him Deputy Attorney General.

In 1929, Flynn was elected president of the Kings County Republican Club. In 1931, he was unanimously elected Republican leader of the 5th Assembly District, succeeding Charles C. Lockwood (who served as district leader for the previous sixteen years). He was a delegate to the 1932 Republican National Convention. In January 1939, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia appointed and inducted him magistrate to fill an unexpired term. He was appointed to a full ten year term in April 1941. As magistrate, he was active in boys' welfare work and was a strong supporter of the Brooklyn Adolescents Court. In 1925, he married Hope Virginia Boyle, niece of Charles C. Lockwood. Their only son was Joseph Hugh.