Lisa Wexler
Lisa Wexler is a Connecticut Probate Judge, an attorney, an award-winning talk radio host and the creator and executive producer of The Lisa Wexler Show, which airs weekdays 10 a.m. - noon on WICC 600, a Connoisseur media station.
On May 1, 2023, Law Day, Lisa was given by the Greater Bridgeport Bar Assn for "promoting civic engagement and respect for the law."
Lisa Wexler is currently serving her fourth term as Probate Judge for the Westport/Weston Judicial District in Connecticut. In 2022, she won as a Democrat, having won the prior three elections as a Republican. She won with over 72 percent of the vote. In 2013, She ran as a Republican and won in Westport by a 58 percent to 42 percent margin. In Weston, Wexler won by 55 to 45 percent. In November 2014, Lisa Wexler was re-elected as Probate Judge for a four-year term. In November 2018, Lisa Wexler was re-elected again and is currently serving a four-year term. . .
Early life and education
Lisa Wexler was born and raised in Woodmere, New York. She graduated from Lawrence High School, a public school located in Lawrence, New York. She graduated with Honors from The Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1981. She received her Juris Doctor from The New York University School of Law in 1984, where she won the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law. She entered the New York Bar in 1985 and the Connecticut Bar in 1991.Legal career
During law school, Wexler worked for the Real Estate Finance Division of the New York State Attorney General. Immediately after law school, Wexler joined the law firm of as an associate. In 1987, Wexler established her own law firm, originally based in Irvington, New York and later in Westport, CT. Primary areas of practice included contracts, commercial and residential real estate, and trusts, estates and probate matters. In 2013, in a special election, Wexler won a for Probate Judge for District 50, Westport/Weston for a one-year term. She ran unopposed in 2014 and is currently serving a four-year term.Lisa Wexler is currently serving,, on the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Policy Oversight Committee Commission for Juvenile Justice, a committee to the legislature on recommendations to reform the Connecticut juvenile justice system. She is serving her third year on the committee.
Lisa Wexler also served on the from 1997-1999 and was elected to the, serving from 1999–2003.
Broadcasting career
Seeking a career in radio, Wexler completed the curriculum of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in January 2006. She began her own show on September 30, 2006, airing on Cox Radio's 1400 WSTC/1350 WNLK in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Governor Jodi Rell was the first guest. The show grew from a 60-minute format on Saturday mornings to airing five days a week during the primetime slot of 4-6 PM. The show is a news-talk format that discusses local, national, and international news, entertainment, and culture. The show was also broadcast on WYBC- Yale Broadcasting, in 2008, and on WFAS-AM, a Cumulus station, from December 2011- June 2015. It was broadcast daily from 4-6 PM EST on AM 1490 WGCH in Greenwich, a Forte Family broadcaster until August 2019. On August 5, 2019, The Lisa Wexler Show moved to WICC600, a Connoisseur media station.The Lisa Wexler Show has won many awards. Westport Lifestyle Magazine named the show "Best Reader's Choice 2021". Westchester Magazine named Lisa Wexler "Best Radio Host" in 2012 as a result of a reader survey. Moffly Media, publisher of several magazines in Connecticut, named Lisa Wexler the "Gold Coast Best Radio Personality" in 2009, 2010, and 2011 as a result of their annual reader survey. In 2010, Wexler won the "Gracie Award" in the Outstanding Talk Show/News category from the American Women in Radio and Television for her interview with Gloria Steinem. In 2011, the CT Press Club named The Lisa Wexler Show the best radio show in the state and the Jewish Ledger named her one of the state's top Movers and Shakers. Lisa appears on television often, and appeared on a weekly segment called "Wexing poetic" on CT-FOX 61. In 2022, Lisa and took