Background
Kessler, Neil Stanton was born on October 15, 1947 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Marvin Allen and Lucille Kessler.
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Neil Stanton Kessler
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Washington & Lee University (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Member, George Washington Law Review, 1972-1973.
Member, Panel of Construction Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Career
Worked at Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice, Litigation, Corporate, Banking, Antitrust, Insurance, Bond, Securities, Trust, Estate, Tax, Labor, Bankruptcy and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Virginia. Phi Delta Phi. Member, George Washington Law Review, 1972-1973.
Member, Panel of Construction Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Board of Governors, Construction Law Section. Real Estate Section, 1986, Virginia State Bar.
Member: Richmond, Virginia (Chairman, Real Estate Section, 1981-1982) and American (Member and Committee Chair, Design Construction Committee, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations. International Conference of Shopping Centers.
Fellow: American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Program Committee, 1992).
National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (Program Committee, 1992). Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership with approximately 130 lawyers at year-end 1996, is one of the three largest law firms in the State of Virginia and the third largest in the Richmond metropolitan area. The firm traces its origins to the 1920s.
The firm expanded into Northern Virginia in 1987 (see McLean, Virginia listing), opened its Norfolk office in 1989 (see Norfolk, Virginia listing) and its Virginia Beach office in January, 1996 (See Virginia Beach, Virginia listing).
Mays & Valentine is a full-service firm representing a wide diversity of corporate, institutional, governmental and individual clients.
Achievements
Membership
Legal advisor, development officer, board directors member Executive Committee Richmond Ballet, 1979-1989. Board of managers Congregation Beth Ahabah, 1981-1984. President Monument Avenue Condominium Unit Owners' Association, Richmond, 1987-1990.
Trustee Jewish Community Federation Richmond Endowment Fund, since 1988. Board directors BethSholom Home Control Virginia, since 1974, Beth Sholom Woods, 1983-1985, Jewish Community Center Richmond, 1981-1985, Hebrew Fund for Aged Richmond, since 1987, Leukemia Society Virginia, since 1990, Jewish Community Federation Richmond, since 1985, vice president, since 1991. With United States Army Reserve, 1969-1975.
Fellow American College Real Estate Lawyers. Member American Bar Association (member section real property, probate, and trust law/real property division, committee construction contracts and architects' contracts, committee recent developers real estate law), NAIOP, National Panel Construction Arbitrators of America Arbitration Association, Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association, Richmond Bar Association, International Council Shopping Centers, Construction Specifications Institute (co-author monthly legal column Richmond chapter newsletter since 1989), Phi Delta Phi.
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Married Lynn Lewis, July 15, 1973;children: Stephanie Beth, Karen Michelle.
