James Mick Kessel
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Richmond, VA
Car Accidents, Accidents, Wrongful Death, Animal Bites
1809 Staples Mill Road, Richmond, VA 23230
About James Mick Kessel
Practice Areas
- Car Accidents
- Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Animal Bites
Education
- University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, May, 2002
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA, 1999B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Political Science
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: 3.49
Classes and Seminars
- Presenter, Virginia Bar Association’s First Day in Practice Seminar, Virginia Bar Association
- Speaker, Southern Trial Lawyers Annual Convention CLE, Southern Trial Lawyers, 2012
- Organizer, Virginia Trial Lawyers Annual Paralegal Seminar, Virginia Trial Lawyers
- Presenter, End DD (End Distracted Driving) Education Programs
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Supreme Court of the United States of America
- Virginia Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice, 2019 - Present (Executive Committee Parliamentarian, Motor Vehicle, Highway, and Premises Liability Section)
- Virginia State Bar Association
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- Henrico County Bar Association
- Richmond Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- West Virginia Association for Justice (Former Member)
- Kanawha County Bar Association (Former Member)
- Henrico County Bar (Former Judicial Selection Committee, Member)
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association – Member; Continuing Legal Education Committee; former YLD Leadership Division
- NLD Party – Sponsor; American Association for Justice Annual & Winter Conventions, 2010 - Present
- Past Member, Richmond SPCA’s Associate Board
- American Association for Justice (Motor Vehicle, Highway, and Premises Liability Section, Secretary (2021))
- American Association for Justice (Motor Vehicle, Highway, and Premises Liability Section, Online Editor (2020))
- American Association for Justice (Motor Vehicle, Highway, and Premises Liability Section, Parlimentarian (2019))
- American Association for Justice – Member; Motor Vehicle Committee; former New Lawyers Division (NLD) Board of Governors
Past Positions
- Marks & Harrison, Trial Attorney, 2005 - 2012
- James Mick Kessel, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Trial Attorney, 2005 - Present
- Stout, Howard, Billy & Seli, Law Clerk & Associate Attorney, 2002 - 2005
- Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, Richmond, VA, Intern, 2001 - Present
- Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Intern, 2000 - Present
- Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Charleston, WV, Intern, 1999 - Present
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
Nearby Lawyers
- Car Accidents
- Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Animal Bites
- 1.3 miles away
- 1.8 miles away
- 3.2 miles away
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- 1.3 miles away
- 89.7 miles away
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