Jessica Bacal Esq.
Sole Practitioner
Councilwoman, Town of Lewisboro Town Board since 1998
Areas of Practice
- Family Law
- Divorce
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Environmental Attorney
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1970
Education
- Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York
- LL.M. - 1991
- Major: Environmental Law
- Columbia Law School, New York, New York
- J.D. - 1968
- Honors: Nathan Burkan Copyright Contest Winner, Second Prize
- Honors: Recipient, Burton Fellow in Copyright Law
- Law Review: Columbia Law School News, Associate Editor
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
- B.A. (Cum Laude) - 1965
- Honors: Ford Foundation Grant Recipient, Historical Research 1964-1965
- Honors: Editor-in-Chief, Vassar Campus Newspaper
- Major: American History
- Major: Spanish
Published Works
- Shadow of Lone Wolf: Native Americans' Reserved Water Rights, University of Bridgeport Law Review, Vol. 12, #1, 1991
- Relocation's Exceptional Circumstances Test, New York State Bar Association, Family Law Review, Vol. 12, #1, 1995
- "A Homeowner's Guide to Environmentally Correct Conduct", (Columnist), New York Living Magazine, Spring, 1998
Classes/Seminars
- Assistant Dean, Evening Studies Program, Berkeley College, 1996
- Adjunct Professor, Wills & Trusts, Family Law, Westchester Community College, 1999 - Present
- Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Law, Family Law, Paralegal Studies, Litigation, Berkeley College, 1995 - 1997
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Town of Lewisboro Planning Board, Former Chair, 1995 - December 31, 1997
- Town of Lewisboro Planning Board, Member, 1994 - 1995
- New York Criminal and Civil Courts Bar Association, Member, Board of Directors
- Westchester County Employee Commute Options Appeals Board, Chair, 1995 - 1997
- Holocaust Education Center, Member, Board of Directors, 2002 - Present
- Westchester County Environmental Management Council, Chair, Land Use/SEQRA Committee
- Westchester County Environmental Management Council, Recording Secretary Executive Board, 1994 - 1999
- Environmental Management Council, 1994 - Present
- American Arbitration Association Panel, Member, 1991 - 2003
- Town of Lewisboro Conservation Advisory Council, Chair, 1991 - 1994
- Katonah Village Library, President, Board of Trustees, 1986 - 1987
- Katonah Village Library, Member, 1983 - 1988