Background
Kessler, Philip Joel was born on November 15, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Herbert Jerome and Mary Rita (Bloomgarden) Kessler.
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Philip Joel Kessler
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Bachelor of Arts in English with distinction, University of Michigan, 1969; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1972.
Career
Associate, Butzel Long Gust Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, 1972-1979;
partner, Butzel Long Gust Klein & Van Zile, 1979-1982;
shareholder, Butzel Long (and predecessor firms), since 1982;
also board directors, Butzel Long (and predecessor firms). Legal research teaching fellow Detroit College Law, 1975-1977. Assistant professor of law 1977-1985.
Lecturer in field; local rules advising committee United States District Court for Eastern District Michigan, member 1991-1995, chair 1994-1995. Life member Judicial Conference United States.Ct. Appeals for 6th Circuit.
Board directors The Beaumont Foundation, 1995-1996, THAW Fund, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Member Founders Society Detroit Institute Arts, since 1988. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers, Michigan Bar Foundation. Member Detroit Club, Franklin (Michigan) Hills Country Club.
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Married Ruth Ann Kessler, December 22, 1968 (divorced 1981). Children: Herbert Jeffrey, Jennifer Ann;m. Mary Ray Brophy, January 29, 1988.
