Penina Kessler Kessler Lieber

Background

Lieber, Penina Kessler was born on November 25, 1941 in New York City. Daughter of Aharon and Stella (Mahler) Kessler.

Education

Bachelor, U. Pittsburgh, 1963; Master of Arts, U. Pittsburgh, 1972; Juris Doctor, U. Pittsburgh, 1986.

Career

Law clerk to judge, United States Court Appeals for 3d Circuit, Pittsburgh, 1986-1988; fellow, U. Pittsburgh, 1988; associate, Klett Lieber Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, since 1988. Member disciplinary board Supreme Court Pennsylvania.

Achievements

• Bar: Pennsylvania 1986, United States District Court (we district) Pennsylvania 1986, United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania 1988, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit) 1988, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1991.

Membership

Board of directors Pittsburgh Public Theater, 1982-1986. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association(house delegations, chair attorney discipline committee), Allegheny County Bar Association (taxation section county, professional-ethics committee, women in law committee, public service committee, health law section, judicial administration committee), Duquesne Society, Harvard Club of Western Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Marvin S. Lieber, May 31, 1964. Children: Jessica Lieber Smolar, Michele Ellen, Robert Seth.

Father:

Aharon Kessler

Mother:

Stella (Mahler) Kessler

Spouse:

Marvin S. Lieber

child:

Robert Seth Lieber

child:

Michele Ellen Lieber

child:

Jessica Lieber Smolar Lieber