Biography of Author Barbara LeBey
Barbara LeBey
practiced law for several years
before spending fifteen years as a
Judge with the State of Georgia.
She is the author of two books
Family Estrangements: How They
Begin, How to Mend Them, How to Cope
with Them, and Remarried with
Children: Ten Secrets for
Successfully Blending and Extending
Your Family and several magazine
articles including “Why Families
Are Growing Apart,” in USA Today
Magazine and “Bury the Hatchet” in
AARP magazine.
She has appeared in many TV and Radio shows including The
Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, The Diane Rehm Show and in
People Magazine. Her books have been featured in newspapers throughout the
country. She is best known for giving heartfelt advice to people who are
experiencing the kind of problems most of us face just trying to live full,
productive, and happy lives while we provide the same for loved ones along the
way. She has given many talks to groups of both men and women, and finds that
people are in search of help with the complexities of family life and with
their romantic lives.
In addition to her professional pursuits, she is an
active member of International Women’s Forum, Renaissance Weekends, A Small
World, the Author’s Guild, and The Atlanta Press Club. Before becoming a
lawyer, she was a high school English teacher in New Jersey where she was
born. She graduated from Montclair State College, attended Sarah Lawrence,
and received her JD degree from Emory University School of Law where she was a
graduate with highest honors. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother.
Though her home is in Atlanta, Georgia, she is also a summer resident of
Martha’s Vineyard.
Growing up she often heard her mother say a woman who
tells her age will tell you anything. She found that an absurd statement, and
actually still does, but laughingly, she now quotes her mother as a way of
avoiding the topic. If you want to engage Barbara in conversation, just talk
about politics, the stock market, the latest nonfiction, fiction, and
screenplays, or her grandsons, those two examples of “hyperactive perfection.”
She is a seductive enthusiast, a thinker, and a passionate person who says
“life is a gift meant to be enjoyed.” Though she has lived in Atlanta for most
of her adult life, she still refers to herself as a Jersey Girl.
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