Barbara Buckley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Barbara Buckley

attorney and Democratic Party politician

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1960

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Barbara Buckley (born November 23, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an attorney and Democratic Party politician who served as a member of the Nevada Assembly, representing Clark County District 8 from 1994 to 2011.
She served as Assembly Speaker from 2007 to 2011, the first woman in Nevada history to serve as Speaker.
She also served as Majority Leader of the Assembly from 2001 to 2007.
Recently enacted term limits prevented Buckley from seeking re-election in the 2010 elections.
She currently serves as executive director of Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and as the executive director of Clark County Legal Services in Las Vegas, Nevada.
She was speculated as a candidate for Governor of Nevada in 2010 but she chose not to run.
She considered running in 2014 but again declined to do so, saying that "I am not getting back into the political world".