Joan F. Kessler

Family, Mediation
U.S. Bank Center, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 532025367


Family

Admitted

1968, Wisconsin

Law School

University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University, J.D., cum laude, 1968

Law School Graduation Year

1968

College

University of Kansas, B.A., 1965

Memberships

Milwaukee Junior (Member, Board of Directors, 1972-1977; Secretary, 1973-1974; Vice President, 1974-1975; President, 1975-1976), Milwaukee, Seventh Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1989; 1990-1995; Chair, 1992-1993); Wisconsin Judicial Council; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Wisconsin Delegate to National Board of Governors, 1990-1996; Vice President, 1996-2001); Lawyers Association of Women; American Law Institute; American College of Family Trial Lawyers.

Biographical

Member, Marquette University Law Review, 1966-1968. Law Clerk, Honorable John W. Reynolds, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1968-1969. Author: You Can Choose the Law to Govern Your Mutual Agreement, Journal of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Transmutation: Finding Extra Property to Divide in Divorce (Wisconsin Lawyer). Co-Author: Lecturer, Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1993; Marquette University Law School, 1994. Member, Board of Directors, 1974-1978 and Vice President, 1978, Legal Aid Society. U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1978-1981. ABA Individual Rights and Responsibilities Council Member, 1996-1999; Secretary, 2000-2001; Vice Chair, 2001-2002.

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