Cherie Blair

Cherie Blair, noted British attorney, human rights advocate, and the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, is a trailblazer in her professional life and a dedicated wife and mother in her private life.
The New York Times wrote: "Cherie Blair is viewed as something of a wonder woman for her ability to balance her high-powered professional life, high-visibility public life and intensely consuming private life." Her husband, Prime Minister Tony Blair, has given his wife credit for being "...an enormous source of strength and an extraordinary person in her own right. I never know how she manages with all the different things she does- the work, the family."

After studying Law at the London School of Economics (LSE), Cherie Blair was at the top of her class in her Bar examinations and was called to the Bar in 1976. She married Tony Blair in 1980 and in 1995 she became a Queen's Counsel, which is a title held by only 10 percent of English lawyers. Currently, she specializes in Public, Employment and European Community Law at Matrix Chambers law group in London.

Cherie Blair's speech topics include: Human rights for women and children, balancing family and career, charity and public service, legal issues, and a look at being the Prime Minister's wife.