Admitted
1987, California and U.S. District, Central District of California; 1999, U.S. Tax Court
Law School
Loyola Law School, J.D., 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
University of Michigan, B.A., 1967; University of Michigan, Ph.D., 1973; University of California at
Memberships
State Bar of California; American Bar Association.
Biographical
Recipient, University of Michigan Rackham Prize. Fellowship, Chief Articles Editor, Loyola Law School, International & Comparative Law Journal. Author: Note, An Empirical Study of Six and Twelve-member Jury Decision-making Processes, 6U. of Mich. J. L. Ref. 712, (1973) (Cited In) Colgrove v. Battin 413 U.S. 149, 159 (1973); Georgia v. Ballew 435 U.S. 223, 238, 242 (1978). The Social Psychology of Jury Deliberation, in R. J. Simon (Ed.), The Jury System in America, A Critical Overview, Beverly Hills: Sage Publications (1975). Kessler, Karnes & Follert, The Effect of Juror Sex on the Decision-making of Student and Actual Jurors in a Simulated Civil Case, Speech Communications Association Convention Paper, Houston (1975). Co-Author: Kulka & Kessler, Is Justice Really Blind? - The Influence of Litigant Physical Attractiveness on Juridical Judgement, 8 Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 366 (1978). Kessler, Use of Videotape for the Expert Witness, 28 Journal of the American Academy of Forensic Science (April, 1983). Co-Author: Legalese v. Plain English: An Empirical Study of Persuasion and Credibility in Appellate Brief Writing, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 1987, reprinted in Japanese in Vol. 63m Hoha Kenkyu (Journal of Law Politics and Sociology). Author: The Lawyer's Intercultural Communication Problems with Clients from Diverse Cultures, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 64 (Spring, 1988). Author: Are Lender Liability Actions Alive and Well? Western Independent Bankers Newsline (October, 1989). Member: Organization of Women Executives; Los Angeles City Attorney's Office Transition Team, 2001—. Member, St. Vincents Hospital Foundation Board, 1990—. Member, University of Michigan Graduate School Dean's Advisory Board. Member, Kauai Film Commission Advisory Board, 2003—.