Frederick Philip Kessler

Background

Kessler, Frederick Philip was born on January 11, 1940 in Milwaukee. Son of Frederick Philip and Marie (Schroeder) Kessler.

Education

Bachelor, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1962. Bachelor of Laws, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1966.

Career

Member Wisconsin State Assembly, 1960—1962, 1964—1972, member District 12, since 2004. Attorney Nurbecker, Kessler & Kessler, Milwaukee, 1966-1972. Judge Milwaukee County Court, 1972—1978, Milwaukee Circuit Court, 1978—1981, 1986—1988.

Board directors World Affairs Council Milwaukee, since 1998. Past board directors City of Milwaukee Harbor Commission.

Achievements

• Frederick Philip Kessler has been listed as a noteworthy state legislator, labor arbitrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Civil Liberties Union (president Milwaukee chapter 1991-1992, board directors, Eunice Edgar Lifetime Service award 2008), Industrial Relations Research Association (member advisory board since 1993), Wisconsin Bar Association, German-American National Congress, Goethe House Wisconsin (vice president, past president), Amnesty International.

Connections

Married Joan Fowler, June 26, 1966. Children: Elizabeth, Anna.

Father:

Frederick Philip Kessler

Mother:

Marie (Schroeder) Kessler

Spouse:

Joan Fowler

child:

Elizabeth Kessler

child:

Anna Kessler