Barbara Comstock

Quick Facts

Full Name	Barbara Comstock
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Jun 30, 1959(1959-06-30)
Age	65
Birthplace	Springfield
Country	United States
Horoscope	Gemini

Barbara Comstock Biography

Barbara Comstock is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on June 30, 1959 in Springfield, United States. Comstock is born Barbara Jean Burns in Springfield, Massachusetts, on June 30 1959. The mother of Sally Ann Burns, a teacher as well as John Ferguson Burns, national director of sales of polymers for Shell Chemicals. Comstock was a graduate of Westchester High School in Houston, Texas in 1977. She graduated with a laude degree at Middlebury College in 1981. In her college years, Comstock spent a semester working on behalf of senator Ted Kennedy. While working in the office of Kennedy, Comstock, who was raised as a Democrat was a Republican. Later, she realized her long-held belief in herself to be an Reagan Democrat however, while working for Kennedy, she discovered herself more in agreement with Orrin Hatch from Utah rather than Kennedy. After that, she went to the law college in Georgetown University, graduating with an Juris Doctor qualification in the year 1986.

Comstock was a part of the presidential campaign that was led by George W. Bush. Her team of researchers created huge archives of electronic and paper information, referred to in the “The Gore File,” which were the primary source of information about the former vice-president for GOP publicists and advertisers. Comstock is acknowledged as the author of”The Gore File,” a Republican “playbook” defending Bush nominations, including John Ashcroft for U.S. Attorney General. Comstock later was the director for public relations at the Justice Department from 2002 to 2003.

Comstock joined law firm Blank Rome in 2004. Comstock assisted the defense teams of both Scooter Libby and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. In 2005, Comstock was hired by Dan Glickman to lobby on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America. In 2008, Comstock was a consultant on the presidential campaign of Mitt Romney. Comstock is a former Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Susan B. Anthony List.

In October 2008, Comstock and Democratic operative Lanny Davis co-wrote an article in the National Review in which they expressed strong opposition to the call for reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine. “Historically,” they wrote, “opposition to the Fairness Doctrine has been genuinely a bipartisan issue.” They noted that opponents of the Fairness Doctrine included liberals like Dan Rather and Alan Colmes and conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and recalled that in 1978 “NBC aired a show on the Holocaust and was sued by a group demanding air time to argue that the Holocaust was a myth. The network had to defend itself for over three years.” They concluded that “we need more speech, not less, and not government regulated speech.”

After having worked as an attorney working in private practice Comstock worked from 1991 until 1995 as a senior adviser for the Congressman Frank Wolf. Comstock was then appointed chief of the investigative counsel as well as chief counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform from 1995 until 1999. He also served as one of the most well-known Washington opposition research analysts against Clinton.

Barbara Comstock Net Worth

Barbara Comstock is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Barbara Comstock 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Barbara Jean Comstock (nee Burns born on June 30 1959) is a famous American lobbyist, attorney and politician. As an Republican she was elected for 2 terms to Congress to represent the 10th district in the northern part of Virginia. She was defeated in election at the end of 2018 Democrat Jennifer Wexton.

She is wed with Elwyn Charles Comstock whom she been in high school with, from October 9th in 1982. They have three children. Comstock earned her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1986.

Comstock and Barbara Olson, the wife of United States Solicitor General Theodore Olson, formed a partnership known to Washington insiders as the “Two Barbaras.” Barbara Olson died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Comstock was re-elected to her seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011 and 2013. When she won a seat in the U.S. Congress in 2014, she formally resigned her seat in the Virginia House of Delegates and a special election was called to replace her.

Facts & Trivia

Barbara Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Barbara Comstock celebrates birthday on June 30 of every year.

Comstock won re-election by a margin of 53–47%. In February 2015, some constituents called for Comstock to host an in-person town hall meeting rather than a “tele-town hall” conducted via phone.