Julie L. Kessler grew up in California and Hawaii, graduated with a B.A. in political science from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, and received her Juris Doctorate degree from The National Law Center at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. In private practice for 25 years, she is also the author of Fifty-Fifty, The Clarity of Hindsight released on September 1, 2012 by Strategic Books. Ms. Kessler has lived in Japan and in France, and has spent significant time in Israel, Hong Kong and Indonesia. When not working or roaming the globe in search of good food, good wine and interesting people, she can be found enjoying her family and two crazy canines not far from an airport in Southern California.
