President
Stanley M. Chesley (Cincinnati, OH), a high profile plaintiff ’s attorney at Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, has tried and negotiated settlements in many major blockbuster torts litigation and has represented thousands of victims of hotel fires, airplane crashes, plant explosion and toxic spills.
Chesley has served or serves on a number of national philanthropic boards, and is a member of the Supreme Court of Ohio, the United States Supreme Court, and many Circuit Courts of Appeals.
He served as counsel for the World Jewish Congress and the World Jewish Restitution Organization representing the Claims Conference in the Holocaust litigation which concluded in a successful resolution of approximately $9 billion. His firm represented them pro bono.
During his tenure, JNF has built the 20,000-square-foot Sderot Indoor Recreation Center and made great progress in the Be’er Sheva River Walk.