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Oct. 29, 2013

Kevin E. McKenney

Judge Kevin McKenney's experience in high-stress situations laid the groundwork for the bench.

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Kevin E. McKenney
Santa Clara County (San Jose) Superior Court
JAMS Silicon Valley

By Hamed Aleaziz

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - At age 18 and unsure exactly what he wanted to do with his life, Kevin E. McKenney joined the U.S. Army.

Once there, the future Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge lived through some of America's most tumultuous moments in the '60s. In his second year in Army, the Cuban missile crisis was unfolding while McKenney was stationed at Ft. Campbell in Kentucky. A paratrooper doing military in... (continued)

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