Attorney Bob Barr

Bob Barr

Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, serving as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, as Vice-Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, and as a member of the Committee on Financial Services.

Bob Barr occupies the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union and serves as a Board Member of the National Rifle Association. He serves as the Chairman of Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances, and provides advice to several organizations, including consulting on privacy issues with the ACLU, serving as the Chair for Youth Leadership Training at the Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia, and as a member of the Constitution Project's Initiative on Liberty and Security, based at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. Bob served as a Member of the Long-Term Strategy Project for Preserving Security and Democratic Norms in the War on Terrorism, at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University from 2003 to 2005. Recognizing Bob Barr's leadership in privacy matters, New York Times columnist William Safire has called him "Mr. Privacy."

Bob has appeared on virtually every major cable and network television program dealing with public policy matters and has served as a contributor for CNN. He writes a regular column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and has also hosted a nationally-syndicated weekly radio show, "Bob Barr's Laws of the Universe." Bob is a Contributing Editor for The American Spectator, and his writings have appeared in numerous academic, local, regional, and national publications. Bob is the author of "The Meaning of Is, The Squandered Impeachment And Wasted Legacy of William Jefferson Clinton," published by Stroud & Hall and available from Amazon.com. Bob also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy.

Bob is President and CEO of Liberty Strategies, LLC, a public policy consulting firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, but with offices also in the Washington, D.C. area.

Bob was appointed by President Reagan to serve as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia (1986-90) and served as President of Southeastern Legal Foundation (1990-91). He was an official with the CIA (1971-78) and practiced law for many years. He currently serves Of Counsel with the Law Offices of Edwin Marger, with a national and international practice in both civil and criminal law.

Bob Barr has traveled widely and spoken to audiences across America and internationally and has served as an official member of the U.S. delegation at five major United Nations conferences. While in the Congress, he led congressional fact-finding trips to other countries and regions, investigating terrorism, international crime, and drug trafficking. He speaks to local and national groups on a regular basis and is affiliated with one of the largest agencies specializing in professional speaking engagements, Keppler Speakers.