Bill Scheffler for State Representative


Bill Scheffler

Summary

A dedicated professional with extensive leadership experience and a long record of communiy service. Excellent inter-personal and communication skills. Self-motivated, resourceful and achievement oriented.


Leadership Experience

  • Westport RTM,
    Member since 1993 (elected office)

  • Westport Rotary Club,
    President 2000-01

  • Westport Zoning Board of Appeals,
    1987-91 (elected office), Chairman 1989-1991

  • Westport-Weston Family Center,
    Co-President 1991-2

  • Westport Education Foundation,
    Founding Member and President 1998-Present

  • Westport Chamber of Commerce,
    Vice Chairman, Legal 2000-Present

  • Fairfield County Agricultural Extension Service,
    Board Member 2000-Present

  • Westport Historical Society,
    Director-at-Large 1999-Present

  • Aspetuck Land Trust,
    Board Member 2000-Present

Business Experience

  • 1993-Present
    William L. Scheffler, Esq. & Associates, Westport, CT
    Principal

  • 1990-1993
    Scheffler & Johansen, Westport, CT
    Partner

  • 1982-1990
    Scheffler Karlinsky & Stein, New York, NY
    Partner

  • 1978-1982
    Shea & Gould, New York, NY
    Associate


Community Service and Affiliations
  • Westport Selectman's Land Acquisition Committee
  • RTM Long Range Planning and Planning & Zoning Committees, Chairman
  • RTM Education & Public Protection Committees
  • Westport Leage of Women Voters
  • Democratic Town Committee
  • Secretary of State's Connecticut Citizenship Fund


Education

  • 1974
    Juris Doctor
    Syracuse University College of Law

  • 1970
    Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
    Bucknell University


Personal

  • Born: December 27, 1948
  • Married: Ann E. Sheffer
  • Daughters: Elizabeth (14), Annie (10)

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