Susan Estrich

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Susan Estrich
Personal details
Born (1952-12-16) December 16, 1952 (age 71)
Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMarty Kaplan (Divorced)
Children2
EducationWellesley College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Susan Estrich (born December 16, 1952) is an American lawyer, professor, author, political operative, and political commentator. She is known for serving as the campaign manager for Michael Dukakis in 1988 (being the first woman to manage the presidential campaign of a major party nominee since Belle Moskowitz managed Al Smith's campaign in 1928) and for serving in 2016 as legal counsel to the former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes.

Early life and education

Estrich was born in Lynn, Massachusetts,[1] the second of three children of Helen Roslyn Freedberg, a medical office manager, and Irving Abraham Estrich, an attorney.[2] She grew up in Marblehead on the Massachusetts North Shore, where she attended the Dr Samuel C Eveleth School.[3]

Estrich graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College in 1974, and received her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1977.[4][5][2] In 1976, Estrich was elected the first female president/editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law Review, where she ran against Merrick Garland.[6][7] In 1983, Estrich was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board.

Career

Estrich served as a law clerk for Judge

U.S. Supreme Court in 1978–1979. In 1988, she was the campaign manager for Michael Dukakis' presidential run, even though she had never before managed a political campaign. She was the first female campaign manager of a major presidential campaign, and the first female campaign manager of the modern era.[8]

Estrich appears frequently on Fox News as a legal and political analyst, and also substituted for Alan Colmes on the debate show Hannity & Colmes.[9] She has served on the Board of Editorial Contributors for USA Today.[10] She writes a nationally syndicated print column distributed through Creators Syndicate.[11]

She is currently a law professor at the

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
, a law firm based in Los Angeles, where she chaired their Public Strategy in High Profile Litigation: Media Relations practice area.

In several of Estrich's books, including Sex & Power and The Case for Hillary Clinton, she discusses her experience as a survivor of rape. Her book Real Rape talks about the history of rape law in the United States. In 2004, Estrich challenged

Democratic primaries,[15] and was strongly critical of Palin.[16]

Estrich and the former

Koran
, which describes "those entitled to receive zakat."

In July 2016, Estrich was retained as legal counsel to the former

New York reporter who broke the scandal, were negatively viewed by some who felt the representation to be inconsistent with Estrich's pro-feminist philosophy.[18]

In October 2018, Estrich joined Boies Schiller Flexner LLP as a partner in its Los Angeles office.[19] In 2022, she represented Leon Black, a billionaire investor and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of raping a woman in 2002 whom Epstein had introduced him to.[20] Estrich was quoted claiming that the accusation was "categorically false" and "part of a scheme to extort money from Mr. Black".

Personal life

In 1986, Estrich married screenwriter, professor and former speechwriter

Bat Mitzvah at Temple Israel in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and has written about her religion in her column.[22]

In popular culture

Estrich is portrayed by Allison Janney in the film Bombshell (2019).[23][24]

Bibliography

  • Dangerous Offenders: The Elusive Target of Justice. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1985.
    ISBN 0-674-19065-3
    .
  • Real Rape. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1988.
    ISBN 0-674-74944-8
    .
  • Making the Case for Yourself: A Diet Book for Smart Women. New York: Riverhead Hardcover. 1997.
    ISBN 1-57322-083-3
    .
  • Getting Away with Murder: How Politics is Destroying the Criminal Justice System. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1998.
    ISBN 0-674-35411-7
    .
  • Sex and Power. New York: Riverhead Books. 2001.
    ISBN 1-57322-893-1
    .
  • How to Get into Law School. New York: Riverhead Trade. 2004.
    ISBN 1-59448-035-4
    .
  • The Case for Hillary Clinton. New York: Regan Books. 2005.
    ISBN 0-06-083988-0
    .
  • ISBN 0-06-124649-2
    .

See also

References

  1. ^ "Susan Estrich Film Bio". Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
  2. ^ a b Carlin, Peter Ames (March 23, 1998). "I Love to Lose". People Magazine. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Dr Samuel C Eveleth School". Marblehead.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Estrich, Susan (1989). "Commencement Address of Susan Estrich '74". Wellesley College. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Interview with Susan Estrich". No Quarter USA. National Public Radio (NPR.org). March 16, 2003. Archived from the original on March 19, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  6. ^ Butterfield, Fox (February 6, 1990). "First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review". New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  7. ^ Lavoie, Denise (March 28, 2016). "Supreme Court nominee formed lasting bonds at Harvard". San Diego Tribune. Associated Press. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  8. ^ Toner, Robin (May 6, 1988). "Behind the 2 Democratic Contenders, 2 Hard-Driving Campaign Managers; Susan Estrich Brings Assurance And Toughness to Dukakis Drive". New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "Susan Estrich appearances on Fox News". Fox News. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "Susan Estrich Bio". Fox News. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  11. ^ Estrich, Susan. "Susan Estrich syndicated column". Creators.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  12. ^ Breitman, Rachel (July 6, 2009). "Quinn Emanuel's Susan Estrich Redefines Multitasking". AM Law Daily. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  13. Washington Post
    . Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  14. ^ Stranahan, Susan Q. (February 25, 2005). "Interview: Susan Estrich on Gender, Missing Voices, and That Nasty Email War". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  15. ^ Estrich, Susan (2008). "The Heat in the Kitchen: A Commentary". Rasmussen Reports. Creators Syndicate. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  16. ^ Estrich, Susan (November 11, 2008). "Sarah Palin Mattered". Creators Syndicate. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  17. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  18. ^ Stanley, Alessandra (September 11, 2016). "The Curious Case of Susan Estrich". New York Times. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  19. ^ Flaherty, Scott (October 10, 2018). "Boies Schiller Nabs Prominent Attorney Susan Estrich From Quinn Emanuel". The Recorder. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  20. ^ Goldstein, Matthew (November 30, 2022). "Epstein Estate Agrees to Pay More Than $105 Million to U.S. Virgin Islands". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  21. ^ "Susan Estrich Bio". NNDB.
  22. ^ Estrich, Susan (2007). "A Lot Like Christmas". Creators.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  23. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (September 20, 2018). "Allison Janney To Play Attorney Susan Estrich In Annapurna's Movie About The Roger Ailes Fox News Harassment Scandal". Deadline. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  24. ^ Allen, Nick (January 3, 2020). "Who's Who in Bombshell: A Character Guide". Vulture. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

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