Marcia Rachel Clark (born Marcia Rachel Kleks; August 31, 1953) is an American prosecutor, author, and television correspondent who gained fame as the head prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder case.
University of California, Los Angeles Susan E. Wagner High School, Southwestern Law School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Gordon Tolls Clark
Children
Trevor Clark, Travis Clark
Parents
Rozlyn Masur, Abraham Kleks
Awards
Glamour Woman of the Year Award
Star Sign
Virgo
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[on 'The Competitors', her novel about a high school shooting] When I wrote it I was reaching back to Columbine, thinking, How do kids end up this way? Who wants to believe that their child goes to a school that's a death zone? Then came Sandy Hook and then one after another after another after another. It was so upsetting. For a minute there, I thought maybe I should drop this book.
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[on her role as an appellate lawyer] It's a very different kind of practice from trial work, because we review the transcripts and look for errors that make a difference in the verdict or sentencing. It's kind of an intellectual thing, but it keeps me on top of the way cases are handled.
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[on the O.J.Simpson trial] At the time, I couldn't see the degree to which justice could be subverted by fame and the way that fame impacts everything: the judge, the lawyers, the witnesses. It was inexplicable to me.
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Fact
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Graduated from Susan Wagner High School in Staten Island, New York in 1971. Her father had moved the family in January, so she couldn't graduate with her class. The school mailed her diploma to her.
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Graduated from UCLA in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in political science.
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Graduated from Southwestern University Law School in 1979 and passed the California Bar the same year.
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Worked for the Los Angeles law firm of Brodey & Price before resigning to become an Assistant District Attorney for Los Angeles County.
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Has two sons with her second husband. Travis Clark (b. 1989) and Trevor Clark (b. 1992).
$4 Million
