Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish working-class family, Gloria Allred graduated from the Philadelphia High School for Girls before attending the University of Pennsylvania and was married and divorced twice. Her daughter, Lisa Bloom, represented Harvey Weinstein while Allred represented one of his accusers, per The Wrap. Allred is one of the most well-known discrimination lawyers in the country because she too knows what it feels like to be discriminated against.
In 1987, she filed a sex-discrimination case against a Friar's Club in New York simply because she wanted to let everyone know that women "also do business at lunch," per The New York Times. Allred won her case and became a member of the club the next year. She has also represented the women who accused actor Bill Cosby and former President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, per The Guardian. As far as her reputation as a feminist lawyer, Allred told Philadelphia, "I believe in political and social and economic equality for women with men, and I believe in equal protection for women under the law and in equality in every aspect of life. That's it."
But it's her most recent case that might be getting her the most attention. That's because she'll be going up against one of the biggest names in the entertainment industry in one of the most complicated cases that anyone has ever seen.
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