Steven Schlesser

Steven Schlesser was born in Portland in 1957 and attended public high school there. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1980 and then spent the following year as a newspaper reporter at The Valley Herald in Milton-Freewater Oregon. From 1981 until 1984 he attended Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vermont, earning his JD. Following a short stint as a law clerk, Schlesser joined his father to help run the family business, Schlesser Company Inc., which prefinished mouldings for...See more

Steven Schlesser was born in Portland in 1957 and attended public high school there. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1980 and then spent the following year as a newspaper reporter at The Valley Herald in Milton-Freewater Oregon. From 1981 until 1984 he attended Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vermont, earning his JD. Following a short stint as a law clerk, Schlesser joined his father to help run the family business, Schlesser Company Inc., which prefinished mouldings for the manufactured housing industry. Currently, Schlesser makes his living as a supplier for this same industry and as a broker for tiny home manufacturers. Since 1987 he has written a monthly newsletter called The Schlesser Review. See less