Philip J. Kessler

Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 51 years of experience

Business Law

1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 301, New York, NY 10020

About Philip J. Kessler

Practice Areas

Education

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1972
J.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969
A.B.
- Honors: With Distinction

Classes and Seminars

Presenter, University of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases: A Retrospective, University College London, February 5, 2016 - Present
Introducer, Does the Use of Comparative Law Compromise the Rule of Law, New York City Bar Association - New York, NY, June 16, 2016 - Present
Moderator, A Conversation with Ndaba Mandela: Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, New York City Bar Association, New York, NY, September 22, 2016 - Present
Presenter, Considerations of Impact on Disputes of Brexit, International Law and Business Law Sections of the Michigan State Bar Association, November 11, 2016 - Present
Presenter, Commercial Implications of Brexit, World Trade Week Forum & Reception, SUNY Global and Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, New York, NY, May 18, 2017 - Present
Introducer, The Importance of Judicial Independence to the Rule of Law, New York City Bar Association, New York, NY, June 14, 2018 - Present
Presenter, Forecast for a Brexit Agreement, International Law Section of the Michigan State Bar Association, December 2, 2020 - Present
Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University School of Law), Contract and Business Litigation, Associate Professor

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

American College of Trial Lawyers (Regent and Fellow)
International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
The International Society of Barristers (Fellow)
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member)
American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
Michigan State Bar Foundation (Fellow)
National Judicial College (Member of Board of Visitors)
United States Supreme Court Historical Society (Past State Membership Chair)
Local Rules Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Member and Chair)
American College of Trial Lawyers (Executive Committee)
Trustee, Executive Committee member and Secretary of the US Supreme Court Historical Society
Development Board member of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in London
England and US Chair and President of the Bingham Centre's US affiliate, The International Rule of Law Project, Inc.
Board Member of the Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism, part of Tel Aviv University

Past Positions