Lisa Bloom is the only child of civil rights attorney Gloria Allred and Peyton Huddleston Bray Jr.
24 Facts About Lisa Bloom
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Bloom was born Lisa Read Bray, the daughter of Gloria Bloom and father Peyton Huddleston Bray Jr.
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Peyton Bray, who suffered from bipolar disorder, later killed himself, and Lisa Bloom subsequently took her mother's maiden name.
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When Bloom was seven, her mother married William C Allred.
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Lisa Bloom received a bachelor's degree from UCLA, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was National College Debate Champion.
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Lisa Bloom received her JD degree from Yale Law School in 1986.
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In 2001, Lisa Bloom left her mother's firm, having developed a career in cable news punditry, eventually serving as a legal analyst on CBS News, CNN, HLN, and MSNBC, and appearing 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.
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Lisa Bloom returned to practicing law in 2010 when she founded the Lisa Bloom Firm, a small, general-practice law firm that handles family, civil and criminal matters.
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Lisa Bloom is licensed to practice law in both New York and California.
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Model Blac Chyna later hired Lisa Bloom to obtain a temporary restraining order against socialite Rob Kardashian, with whom Chyna shares a daughter, Dream.
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On November 2,2016, Lisa Bloom canceled a press conference with the unnamed client, saying the client was scared because of death threats.
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Lisa Bloom felt an obligation to relay the offers to her clients.
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The Daily Beast later reported that Lisa Bloom had offered journalist Ronan Farrow opposition research on one of Weinstein's accusers, Rose McGowan, during his own reporting on Weinstein.
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Shortly after resigning from Weinstein's team, Lisa Bloom fell victim to "email prankster" James Linton masquerading as Weinstein.
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The Daily Beast reported that Lisa Bloom, while representing Price, had attempted to disparage Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter's Editor-at-Large, to media outlets considering publishing Masters' report on the allegations against Price.
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Lisa Bloom had allegedly accused Masters of a conflict of interest for badgering Price to advertise on her KCRW show, a charge Masters denied.
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Amid fallout over Lisa Bloom's role advising Harvey Weinstein, Griffin posted a Facebook video denouncing Lisa Bloom and her husband, Braden Pollock, for "exacerbat[ing] my personal situation".
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Lisa Bloom responded to both allegations by claiming that "the vast majority of [the Lisa Bloom Firm's] clients are delighted with our work".
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Martin Chitwood refused to settle, and on August 31,2017, after a five-week civil trial, a twelve-person jury found him not liable for the claim Lisa Bloom brought against him.
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On May 1,2020, Lisa Bloom posted on Twitter that although she believed Tara Reade was assaulted by the former vice president Joe Biden, she would still support Biden.
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On March 3,2023, Lisa Bloom announced that she would be representing vegan activist Miyoko Schinner in a wrongful termination counter lawsuit against Miyoko's Creamery.
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Lisa Bloom married her current husband, Braden Pollock, on December 5,2014.
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Lisa Bloom was formerly on the board of the web services company Epik.
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Lisa Bloom has written three books, including Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World, from 2011, and Swagger: 10 Urgent Rules for Raising Boys in an Era of Failing Schools, Mass Joblessness, and Thug Culture, from 2012.