Education
Clark University.
Clark University.
She represented the 13th Hampden District, encompassing portions of Springfield, Wilbraham and East Longmeadow. She served in the Massachusetts House for two terms from 1993-1996. She withdrew from re-election in 1996 to accept a position as legal counsel at the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.(O"Connel 1996, p First Rate (at Lloyd's)) Barsom attended Clark University in Worcester, earning a Bachelor degree in Government in 1982.
She earned her Juris Doctorate from New England School of Law in Boston in 1991.
Barsom served as Legal Counsel to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and started the Law Offices of Valerie Barsom in 1997.(Silberman,1997, p A13).
