Lisa Bloom

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Lisa Bloom
Lisa Bloom headshot taken by LR.tiff
Bloom in 2009
Born Lisa Bray
(1961-09-20) September 20, 1961 (age 62)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Education B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
J.D., Yale Law School
Occupation Attorney, author, television legal analyst
Employer The Bloom Firm
Spouse(s) Braden Pollock
Children 2
Parent(s) Gloria Allred (mother)
Peyton Huddleston Bray, Jr. (father)
William C. Allred (step-father)
Website www.LisaBloom.com

Lisa Bloom (born September 20, 1961) is an American civil rights attorney known for utilizing her media and legal strategy to bring down accused sexual harasser Bill O'Reilly and support accused sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein.[1][2] Lisa was also known as anchor of Lisa Bloom: Open Court, a two-hour live legal news program on truTv's In Session, from 2006 to 2009.[3] Lisa founded and owns a prominent twelve-attorney civil rights law firm, The Bloom Firm, representing celebrity clients like Kathy Griffin and Mischa Barton, as well as non-celebrity clients, including victims of domestic violence, sexual harassment, race or sex discrimination, sexual assault, and excessive force by law enforcement. Bloom appears regularly on CNN, ABC, and MSNBC, as well as other television and radio shows. Harvey Weinstein and Jay Z plan to adapt Bloom's most recent book, SUSPICION NATION: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It into a six-part docuseries.[4]

Bloom is the only child of civil rights attorney Gloria Allred and Peyton Huddleston Bray, Jr.[5]

Early life and education

Bloom was born Lisa Bray, the daughter of Gloria Bloom (later Allred)[6] and Peyton Bray.[7] Her parents' marriage was short-lived—they had married and divorced while in college. Peyton, who suffered from bipolar disorder, later committed suicide, and Bloom took her mother's maiden name. When Bloom was 7, her mother remarried to William C. Allred.[7][8] Bloom received a bachelor's degree from UCLA, graduating early and Phi Beta Kappa as National College Debate Champion, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Yale Law School.[9] She and her mother are Jewish.[7]

Career

Bloom is the founder and managing partner of The Bloom Firm, a general-practice law firm that handles family, civil and criminal matters.[10] Bloom is licensed to practice law in both New York and California.[11]

Among Bloom's lawsuits, she unsuccessfully sued the Boy Scouts of America for sex discrimination on behalf of Katrina Yeaw, a girl who wanted to join the organization. She filed a child sexual abuse case suit against the Roman Catholic Church, and sued the LAPD on several occasions.[12]

Bloom is a television legal analyst on CBS News, CNN, HLN and MSNBC, who also appears on The Early Show, The Insider, Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, The Situation Room, Reliable Sources, The Joy Behar Show, Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell, and The Stephanie Miller Show.[13][14]

Bloom represents many celebrity clients, such as model and actress Janice Dickinson in her defamation case against actor and comedian Bill Cosby.[15] Bloom has represented comedienne Kathy Griffin in a press conference following a controversial 2017 photo shoot in which Griffin holds a false bloodied head alleged to mimic President Donald Trump.[16] She has also represented model and actress Mischa Barton in her revenge porn case, successfully blocking the distribution of images and videos illegally obtained of Barton.[17] Bloom was also hired by model Blac Chyna to obtain a temporary restraining order against socialite Rob Kardashian, with whom Chyna shares a daughter, Dream.[18]

Bloom is credited for creating and executing the media and legal strategy that brought down accused serial sexual harasser Bill O’Reilly.[19]

In an October 2017 report from The New York Times alleging serial sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein, Bloom, whose book Weinstein's company had been adapting, acknowledged advising Weinstein on power dynamics and harassment, calling him "an old dinosaur learning new ways" and asserting that "he denies many of the accusations as patently false."[20][21]

Personal life

Bloom is vegan. She is married to internet entrepreneur Braden Pollock and has two children from a previous marriage.[7][6] Bloom identifies as Jewish.[22] Bloom lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two rescue dogs.[23]

Books

In May 2011, her book, Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World, was published by Vanguard Press.[24] Think was reviewed by the Kirkus Book Review[25] and was on the New York Times Bestseller List.[26]

In May 2012 the Bloom book, Swagger: 10 Urgent Rules for Raising Boys in an Era of Failing Schools, Mass Joblessness, and Thug Culture, was released.[27]

In February 2014, Bloom's book, Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It, was released[28] and is being made into a miniseries by Harvey Weinstein and Jay Z.[29]

References

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  3. ↑ Lisa Bloom leaving truTV, mediabistro.com; accessed March 27, 2015.
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  5. ↑ Mother-daughter relationship noted in Allred profile on Nightline (August 26, 2010).
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  10. ↑ The Bloom Firm official website; accessed March 27, 2015.
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  12. ↑ Profile Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, courttv.com; accessed March 27, 2015.
  13. ↑ Profile, aeispeakers.com; accessed March 27, 2015.
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  22. ↑ Twitter: "I am Jewish and I've always had beloved Muslim friends, but yes, I get what you mean. Traveling happily in 95% Muslim Senegal/ Gambia now" 22 February 2017
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  25. ↑ Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World review, kirkusreviews.com; accessed March 27, 2015.
  26. ↑ New York Times Bestseller List, nytimes.com; accessed March 27, 2015.
  27. ↑ Book Review: Lisa Bloom’s Swagger, booksbywomen.org; accessed March 27, 2015.
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