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 WICC600 a Connoisseur media station. In November 2013, Lisa Wexler was elected as Probate Judge for the Westport/Weston Judicial District in Connecticut. 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.
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. 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.
Writing career
Along with her mother Gloria Kamen and sister Jill Zarin, Lisa co-authored Secrets of a Jewish Mother, a Jewish secular culture book published in April 2010. The award-winning book was also published in Japanese, Russian and Chinese, as well as in a paperback edition. is one of the original "Housewives of New York City" airing on Bravo TV. Lisa has published op-ed pieces in and .
Community service
Wexler has been a resident of Westport, Connecticut since 1989. She served on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Centers in Norwalk, Westport, Wilton, Weston, and Bridgeport for a number of years. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Jeffrey Modell Foundation for Primary Immunodeficiency Research and serves on the , a non-profit devoted to erasing the stigma of sexual assault. Wexler is also a founding member of the Connecticut chapter of Women in Power, which hosts several events each year devoted to educating and empowering women in their personal and professional lives. Lisa is a lifetime member of Hadassah and an active member of the Weston Kiwanis.
Personal life
Lisa Wexler is married to William A. Wexler and has two children, Jonathan Wexler and Joanna Wexler. Her dog, Sugar, is a and accompanies her everywhere.
