Lisa Bloom

Lisa Bloom (née Bray; born September 20, 1961) is an American civil rights attorney known for representing women whose sexual harassment claims precipitated the firing of Bill O'Reilly from Fox News and for advising Harvey Weinstein amid sexual abuse allegations. Bloom founded and owns a twelve-attorney civil rights law firm, the Bloom Firm, and has represented clients including Kathy Griffin and Mischa Barton. Bloom was also the anchor of Lisa Bloom: Open Court (formerly Bloom and Politan: Open Court), a two-hour live legal news program on truTV's In Session, from 2006 to 2009. Bloom is the only child of civil rights attorney Gloria Allred and Peyton Huddleston Bray, Jr. 2Early life and education Bloom was born Lisa Bray, the daughter of Gloria Bloom (later Allred) and Peyton Huddleston Bray, Jr. 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 subsequently took her mother's maiden name. When Bloom was 7, her mother remarried to William C. Allred. Bloom received a bachelor's degree from UCLA, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was National College Debate Champion. She earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Yale Law School in 198