Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Gloria Rachel Allred (maiden name Bloom) is an American civil rights lawyer and founder of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg. She is well-known for representing high-profile clients in controversial cases.
Early Life, Marriages and Family Details :
- Gloria Bloom is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was born in 1941 into a Jewish working-class family.
- She attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
- There she met her first husband, Peyton Bray, and gave birth to her only child, Lisa Bloom. They got divorced sometime in late 1961.
- Around the time of graduating from university, she met her second husband William Allred, and they wedded in 1968. They were divorced without any children in 1987, but she retained her name.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Gloria first graduated with a Bachelor’s in English with honors. She then became an English teacher at Benjamin Franklin High School.
- Later, she furthered her education at New York University, where she became interested in civil rights and earned her Master of Arts. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles and taught at Jordan High School and Fremont High School, at the same time working at the Los Angeles Teachers Association.
- She continued her studies at the Southwestern University of Law and transferred to Loyola University School of Law, from which she graduated and received Juris Doctor (J.D.). Following that she was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1975.
- Gloria also obtained an honorary J.D. from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law.
Gloria Allred Law Firm : Net Worth, Clients & Cases
- Allred established her law firm in 1976 together with Loyola University graduates Michael Maroko and Nathan Goldberg.
- Some of her celebrity clients include Arnold Schwarzenegger, O.J. Simpson, Anthony Weiner and most recently prosecuting Bill Cosby.
- She also founded and ran the Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Side Career :
- Aside from being involved in law, Gloria is also a radio talk show host together with Mark Taylor on KABC for 14 years.
- She was also a panelist for the TV game show To Tell the Truth.
- Allred was cast in the court TV show We the People with Gloria Allred in September 2011, which recreates fabricated case scenarios.
Trivia, House and Interesting Facts :
- Allred was raped at gunpoint during a vacation in Acapulco in 1966 & got pregnant. She sought an abortion, which was illegal at the time. She got infected and was hospitalized, but she never reported the incident because she thought nobody would believe her at the time.
- Her daughter Lisa is also an attorney of law and is widely known for her former role as an anchor in Court TV.
- The latest sensation reported her temporarily booted from the court for not putting her phone on vibrate while the trial was ongoing.
- Ms. Allred purchased a condominium facing the beach in Malibu for $5.6 million as a holiday home.
- She has been parodied in cartoon shows Family Guy, South Park and RuPaul’s Drag Race, reflecting her fame in American culture.
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