Lesley Regina was born in Michigan. She attended James Madison College at Michigan State University where she attained her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations in 1997. Lesley then attended Michigan State University College of Law and graduated cum laude in May of 2000. During law school she worked for Legal Aid of Central Michigan advising clients with respect to domestic violence, divorce and child custody proceedings. She participated in pro se clinics to teach clients how to represent themselves in family law matters.

After law school, Lesley moved to San Francisco, California and was admitted to the California Bar in December of 2000. She worked in the Employee Compensation & Benefits Group at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe L.L.P. There she drafted and amended qualified retirement plan documents including summary plan descriptions for private employer sponsored 401(k), profit-sharing and money purchase pension plans. She also worked with employee stock purchase plans, stock option plans and agreements. Furthermore, she drafted executive employment agreements and prepared Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Lesley joined the Law Office of Barbara A. Ginsberg in October of 2002. There she practiced a very specialized area of family law in that she represented individuals with regard to the division of their retirement assets in divorce and legal separation proceedings. This involved helping a party or the parties obtain the special type of court order needed to divide retirement plan benefits, called a Qualified Domestic Relations Order or QDRO for short. She is proficient in gathering data from plan administrators, drafting and customizing QDROs. At this firm she also represented individuals with claims for benefits against retirement plans, such as attaining disability pension benefits and investigating employee claims for benefits when the plan administrator denies eligibility or entitlement to a pension. In 2005 Lesley went out on her own and opened the Law Office of Lesley Regina. Her office is located in San Ramon, California. Lesley is a member of the State Bar of California, the Alameda County Bar Association, the Contra Costa County Bar Association and the Eastern Alameda County Bar Association. She is also on the Advisory Board for the Tri-Valley Regional Occupational Program's computer class. Lesley practices family law and specializes in the division of retirement assets in divorce and legal separation actions.