{"id":40,"date":"2018-08-17T19:58:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T00:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2019-11-21T13:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T19:09:09","slug":"roy-kessel-personal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/about-roy-kessel-2\/roy-kessel-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40\" class=\"elementor elementor-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0635b8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0635b8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50ef59b\" data-id=\"50ef59b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ae69a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8ae69a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Roy Kessel Background<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c16a0e\" data-id=\"2c16a0e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7fc30b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a7fc30b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"280\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-03-14.48.00-280x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-704fbe11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"704fbe11\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e5bd765\" data-id=\"3e5bd765\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-626d95ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"626d95ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Roy Kessel was born in Israel, to South African parents. His parents left South Africa because they were anti-apartheid and did not want to raise children in such a segregated and racist environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At the age of 3, Roy&#8217;s parents relocated to Madison, Wisconsin so that his father could continue his studies towards obtaining his PHD in Agricultural Genetics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roy&#8217;s sister Sharon was born during that time and was unfortunately diagnosed with developmental disabilities. Though their parents were told by a top neurologist that Sharon would &#8220;never walk, never talk and never be toilet trained,&#8221; today, Sharon has accomplished all three, and MUCH MUCH more.&nbsp; You can see some recent photos and speeches that were given to Sharon at her 50th Birthday party in 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roy was primarily raised in Madison, Wisconsin with a two year stint in Rechovot, Israel, as well as many trips back and forth to South Africa, to visit his Grandparents and other relatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After high school at Madison West, Roy attended the University of Wisconsin, where he majored in Finance and Marketing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He attended law school at the Northwestern University School of Law where he was a Note and Comment Editor for the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roy has lived in the Chicago area since 1988. He practiced law in small firms for seven years before starting his own practice and also launching a sports marketing and management company named SportsLoop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roy has two children he has indoctrinated from an early age to be avid sports fans, especially for the Badgers, Packers and Blackhawks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roy continues to participate in many sports including hockey, tennis, golf, softball and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy Kessel Background Roy Kessel was born in Israel, to South African parents. 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