{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1961)}} {{for|the American cultural critic|Lisa E. Bloom}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Lisa Bloom | image = Lisa Bloom headshot taken by LR.tiff | caption = Bloom in 2009 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|9|20}} | birth_name = Lisa Read Bray | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = {{Ubl | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) | Yale University (JD) }} | employer = The Bloom Firm | occupation = {{Hlist | Attorney | author | television legal analyst }} | spouse = | children = 2 | mother = Gloria Allred | website = {{Official URL}} }}
'''Lisa Read Bloom''' (née '''Bray'''; born September 20, 1961) is an American civil rights attorney known for representing high-profile clients in cases involving sexual harassment, discrimination, and abuse. Bloom has represented clients like Janice Dickinson against Bill Cosby, Mischa Barton in a revenge porn case, multiple women whose sexual harassment claims resulted in the firing of Bill O'Reilly from Fox News, and Blac Chyna against Rob Kardashian. She gained attention for briefly advising Harvey Weinstein in 2017, a decision she later apologized for, citing it as a mistake. Bloom also represented women accusing Donald Trump of sexual misconduct during the 2016 election.
Bloom founded and owns the Bloom Firm, a general-practice law firm handling family, civil, and criminal matters in California and New York firm that 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.<ref name="adweek-leaving">{{cite news |last = Krinsky |first = Alissa |title = Lisa Bloom Leaving truTV |url = http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/lisa-bloom-leaving-trutv/23452?red=tn |access-date = October 28, 2017 |work = TV Newser |date = January 9, 2008 }}</ref>
Bloom is the only child<ref name="forward-4-things">{{cite news |last = Solomon |first = Daniel |title = 4 Things About Lisa Bloom, the Lawyer Representing Trump's Child Rape Accuser |url = https://forward.com/news/national/353411/4-things-about-lisa-bloom-the-lawyer-representing-trumps-child-rape-accuser/ |access-date = November 30, 2017 |work = Forward |date = November 3, 2016 }}</ref> of civil rights attorney Gloria Allred and Peyton Huddleston Bray Jr.
==Early life and education== Bloom was born Lisa Read Bray, the daughter of Gloria Bloom (later Allred) and father<ref name=hlntv>{{cite web |title = Gloria Allred: If anyone deserves it, it's Arias |url = http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/05/21/jodi-arias-murder-death-penalty-gloria-allred |work = HLN |date = May 29, 2013 |access-date = March 27, 2015 |archive-date = August 8, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170808113330/http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/05/21/jodi-arias-murder-death-penalty-gloria-allred/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> Peyton Huddleston Bray Jr.<ref name="harpers-allred">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a539/gloria-allred-0610 |title = Gloria Allred's Fighting Spirit |first = Leslie |last = Bennetts |magazine = Harper's Bazaar |date = June 1, 2010 | access-date = June 2, 2017|quote=Peyton Bray, her blue-blooded husband, became abusive and had a mental breakdown, and by the time Allred was a senior, she was a divorced single mother.}}</ref> Her mother is Jewish.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first= Jia |last=Tolentino |author-link=Jia Tolentino |title= Gloria Allred's Crusade |magazine=The New Yorker|date=September 25, 2017|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/gloria-allreds-crusade }}</ref> Her parents' marriage was short-lived—they had married and divorced while in college. Peyton Bray, who suffered from bipolar disorder, later killed himself, and Bloom subsequently took her mother's maiden name. When Bloom was seven, her mother married William C. Allred.<ref name="harpers-allred"/><ref name="la-times-allred">{{cite web |title=Sparks Fly in Allred vs. Allred |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-26-me-2875-story.html |first = Scott |last = Harris |work = Los Angeles Times |date = February 26, 1992 |access-date = June 2, 2017 }}</ref>
Bloom received a bachelor's degree from UCLA, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was National College Debate Champion. She received her J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1986.<ref name="aei-speakers">{{cite web |title = Lisa Bloom |url = http://www.aeispeakers.com/speakerbio.php?SpeakerID=2145 |work = AEI Speakers Bureau |access-date = June 2, 2017}}</ref><ref name="ringer-why-do-it">{{cite news |last = Knibbs|first = Kate |title = Why Did Lisa Bloom Do It? |url = https://www.theringer.com/2017/10/11/16456266/lisa-bloom-harvey-weinstein-profile |access-date = November 21, 2017 |work = The Ringer |date = October 11, 2017}}</ref>
==Career==
===Early career=== After graduating from law school, Bloom began her career in New York and by 1991 worked at her mother's law firm, Allred, Maroko & Goldberg,<ref name="ringer-why-do-it"/> assisting in unsuccessfully suing the Boy Scouts of America for sex discrimination on behalf of Katrina Yeaw, a girl who wanted to join the organization.<ref name="forbes-equal-pay">{{cite news |last = Bloom |first = Lisa |title = Aligning Equal Pay With The Power Of The Internet |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswomanfiles/2012/06/27/aligning-equal-pay-with-the-power-of-the-internet/#39a7a3f14033 |access-date = October 24, 2017|work = Forbes|date = June 27, 2012 }}</ref> While at her mother’s firm, Bloom also filed a child sexual abuse suit against the Roman Catholic Church and sued the LAPD.<ref name="cosmopolitan-threats">{{cite news |last = Rudolph |first = Heather |title = "Nasty, Ugly, Gendered, Vile Threats" Won't Keep Lisa Bloom From Doing Her Job |url = http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a10241594/lisa-bloom-sexual-harassment-assault-cases/ |access-date = October 24, 2017 |work = Cosmopolitan |date = July 3, 2017}}</ref>
===Later career=== In 2001, Bloom left her mother's firm, having developed a career in cable news punditry,<ref name="ringer-why-do-it"/> 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''.<ref name="aei-speakers"/><ref name="stephanie-miller">{{cite web |title = Tuesday, April 11, 2017 |url = https://www.stephaniemiller.com/tuesday-april-11-2017/ | access-date = November 30, 2017 |work = The Stephanie Miller Show |date = April 11, 2017 }}</ref> Bloom returned to practicing law in 2010<ref name="ringer-why-do-it"/> when she founded the Bloom Firm, a small, general-practice law firm that handles family, civil and criminal matters. She is licensed to practice law in both New York and California.<ref name="ny-daily-news-who-is">{{cite news |last = Bitette |first = Nicole |title = Who is Lisa Bloom? |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/blac-chyna-attorney-lisa-bloom-article-1.3311480 |access-date = July 30, 2017 |work = New York Daily News |date = July 8, 2017 }}</ref>
At the Bloom Firm, Bloom has represented several notable clients, including model and actress Janice Dickinson in her defamation case against comedian Bill Cosby, as well as model and actress Mischa Barton in her revenge porn case.<ref name="ny-daily-news-janice-dickinson">{{Cite news |last = Dillon |first = Nancy |title = Janice Dickinson vows to continue lawsuit vs. Bill Cosby |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/janice-dickinson-vows-continue-lawsuit-bill-cosby-article-1.2890204 |work = New York Daily News |access-date = September 11, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last = Stedman |first = Alex |title = Mischa Barton's Lawyer Declares 'Victory' in 'Revenge Porn' Case |url = https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/mischa-barton-revenge-porn-lawsuit-settlement-1202454983/ |date = June 6, 2017| work = Variety |access-date = October 7, 2017 }}</ref> Model Blac Chyna later hired Bloom to obtain a temporary restraining order against socialite Rob Kardashian, with whom Chyna shares a daughter, Dream.<ref>{{Cite news |title = Blac Chyna, Lisa Bloom Mum at Court, Focused on Restraining Order Against Rob Kardashian |url = https://www.tmz.com/2017/07/10/blac-chyna-arrives-court-restraining-order-video/ |work = TMZ| access-date = July 10, 2017 |date = July 10, 2017}}</ref> Amid a series of sexual abuse allegations against powerful men in entertainment and media, and following a BuzzFeed report detailing a sexual harassment settlement<ref>{{cite news |last1 = McLeod |first1 = Paul|last2 = Villa |first2 = Lissandra |title = She Said A Powerful Congressman Harassed Her. Here's Why You Didn't Hear Her Story. |url = https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/she-complained-that-a-powerful-congressman-harassed-her |access-date = December 1, 2017 |work = BuzzFeed News |date = November 21, 2017 }}</ref> paid out of Representative John Conyers’ office budget, Bloom represented Marion Brown, who spoke to BuzzFeed off the record and later came forward publicly to allege harassment by Conyers.<ref>{{cite news |last = Stump |first = Scott |title = Rep. John Conyers' accuser Marion Brown speaks out: 'He just violated my body' |url = https://www.today.com/news/rep-john-conyers-accuser-marion-brown-he-just-violated-my-t119443 |access-date = December 1, 2017 |work = Today.com |date = November 30, 2017 }}</ref>
====Bill O'Reilly sexual harassment allegations==== {{main|Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)#New York Times report and ouster from Fox News}}
In 2017 Bloom represented three women accusing then-Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly of sexual harassment.<ref name="meet-lisa-bloom">{{Cite news |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/meet-lisa-bloom-power-lawyer-who-helped-topple-bill-oreilly-997138 |title = Meet Lisa Bloom, the Power Lawyer Who Helped Topple Bill O'Reilly |work = The Hollywood Reporter |access-date = September 11, 2017 |date = April 26, 2017}}</ref> Jehmu Greene, a television commentator who had appeared on Fox News, also approached Bloom with sexual harassment allegations against O'Reilly, although she ultimately declined Bloom's services.<ref name="daily-beast-scorched-earth">{{cite news |last = Grove |first = Lloyd |title = Clients Turn on 'Champion for Women' Lisa Bloom After Her Scorched-Earth Crusade for Harvey Weinstein |url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/lisa-bloom-has-files-on-rose-mcgowans-history-inside-her-scorched-earth-crusade-for-harvey-weinstein |access-date = October 28, 2017 |work = The Daily Beast |date = October 26, 2017 }}</ref> One of Bloom's clients, Wendy Walsh, filed the complaint that led Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox, to initiate an investigation that resulted in O'Reilly's dismissal and the end of his eponymous program.<ref name="nyt-o'reilly-harassment-claim">{{cite web |last = Steel |first = Emily |title = Fox Asks Law Firm to Investigate Bill O'Reilly Harassment Claim |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/business/media/fox-bill-oreilly-harassment-claim.html |work= The New York Times |date = April 9, 2017 |access-date = October 7, 2017}}</ref>
====Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations==== {{main|Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations}} During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Bloom offered to represent four women who alleged sexual misconduct by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Two of these women came forward publicly with their allegations, including Jill Harth and Lisa Boyne.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/jill-harth-accuses-donald-trump-of-sex-assault/ |title=Jill Harth Speaks Out, Stands by Story of Being Sexually Assaulted by Donald Trump |publisher=WNYC |date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Sathish |first=Madhuri |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/193583-who-is-lisa-boyne-her-disturbing-donald-trump-accusations-have-been-denied-by-the-gop-nominee |title=Who Is Lisa Boyne? Her Disturbing Donald Trump Accusations Have Been Denied By The GOP Nominee |work=Bustle |date=November 7, 2016 |access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
On November 2, 2016, Bloom canceled a press conference with the unnamed client, saying the client was scared because of death threats.<ref name=mic>{{cite news |last=McKay |first=Tom |url=https://mic.com/articles/158432/jane-doe-lawyer-lisa-bloom-calls-off-press-conference-on-donald-trump-rape-allegations |title="Jane Doe" lawyer Lisa Bloom calls off press conference on Donald Trump rape allegations |work=Mic |date=November 2, 2016 |access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref> According to Bloom, after this press conference, multiple donors contacted her with offers to cover accusers' relocation and security. Bloom felt an obligation to relay the offers to her clients.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cullins |first=Ashley |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lisa-bloom-responds-claims-trump-accusers-were-paid-come-forward-1068352 |title=Lisa Bloom Responds to Claims That Trump Accusers Were Paid to Come Forward |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 15, 2013 |access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref> The Virginia woman said that donors had offered her as much as $750,000, but that she declined the offer.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/365068-exclusive-prominent-lawyer-sought-donor-cash-for-two-trump-accusers/ |title=Exclusive: Prominent lawyer sought donor cash for two Trump accusers |first=Ian |last=Swanson |date=15 December 2017 |work=The Hill}}</ref> In a 2017 report, ''The New York Times'' identified the donors who contacted Bloom as David Brock's American Bridge 21st Century, which offered $200,000, and Susie Tompkins Buell, who offered $500,000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vogel |first=Kenneth P. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/us/politics/sexual-harassment-politics-partisanship.html |title=Partisans, Wielding Money, Begin Seeking to Exploit Harassment Claims |date=December 31, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
====Harvey Weinstein and Roy Price sexual misconduct allegations==== {{main|Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases|Roy Price#Sexual harassment allegations}} Bloom received significant media attention after film producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual misconduct in October 2017. While noting that Weinstein "denies many of the accusations as patently false," Bloom acknowledged advising Weinstein on power dynamics and harassment, calling him "an old dinosaur learning new ways."<ref name="nyt-weinstein">{{cite news |last1=Kantor |first1 = Jodi |last2 = Twohey |first2 = Megan |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html |title = Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein |work = The New York Times |date = October 5, 2017 |access-date = October 5, 2017 }}</ref> Bloom's advisory role, which she assumed in late 2016,<ref name="daily-beast-scorched-earth"/> was pilloried for its dissonance with her prior representation of sexual assault victims, with some in the media calling her book adaptation deal with The Weinstein Company, signed during Weinstein's tenure as co-chairman, a conflict of interest.<ref name="usa-today-bloom-resigns">{{cite web |last = Deerwester |first = Jayme |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/10/07/harvey-weinstein-scandal-lisa-bloom-resigns-advisor/742784001/ |title = Harvey Weinstein scandal: Lisa Bloom resigns as advisor |work = USA Today |date = October 7, 2017 |access-date = October 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="nyt-weinstein-enablers">{{cite news |last = Rutenberg |first=Jim |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/business/media/harvey-weinsteins-media-enablers.html |title = Harvey Weinstein's Media Enablers |work = The New York Times |date = October 6, 2017 |access-date = October 7, 2017}}</ref>
On October 7, 2017, two days after the initial article on sexual misconduct in ''The New York Times'', Bloom stepped down from her advisory role amid mounting public criticism and friction with The Weinstein Company's board. According to emails obtained by ''The New York Times'', Bloom had weighed responding to allegations against Weinstein with "photos of several of the accusers in very friendly poses with Harvey after his alleged misconduct."<ref name="nyt-bloom-weinstein">{{cite news |last1 = Twohey |first1 = Megan |last2 = Barr |first2 = Johanna |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/business/lisa-bloom-weinstein-attorney.html |title = Lisa Bloom, Lawyer Advising Harvey Weinstein, Resigns Amid Criticism From Board Members |work = The New York Times |date = October 7, 2017 |access-date = October 7, 2017}}</ref> Bloom denied plotting to undermine the accusers.<ref name="bloom-tweet-916883718140252160">{{Cite tweet |user = LisaBloom |author-link = Lisa Bloom |number = 916883718140252160 |date = October 8, 2017 |title = Unbelievably false. Just shockingly so.}}</ref> ''The Daily Beast'' later reported that Bloom had offered journalist Ronan Farrow opposition research on one of Weinstein's accusers, Rose McGowan, during his own reporting on Weinstein.<ref name="daily-beast-scorched-earth"/> In Farrow's 2019 book, he further claims that Bloom would report any information gleaned about his investigation back to Weinstein, and that she admitted to being "his people".<ref>{{Cite magazine | last = Guthrie | first = Marisa | title = Beyond Matt Lauer: 5 Surprising Revelations in Ronan Farrow's Book 'Catch and Kill' | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/five-revelations-ronan-farrow-s-book-catch-kill-1246308 | magazine = The Hollywood Reporter | date = October 9, 2019 | access-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref> A 2019 book by reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey contains a 2016 memo from Bloom, as well as 2017 billing statements for services rendered on Weinstein's behalf. These documents show how Bloom would proactively assist Weinstein in undermining his accusers.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Gross |first1=Terry |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759384251/she-said-reveals-the-people-and-practices-that-protected-weinstein|title='She Said' Reveals The People And Practices That Protected Weinstein|website=NPR.org |date=September 10, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/books/review/she-said-jodi-kantor-megan-twohey.html |title = 'She Said' Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 8 September 2019|last1 = Faludi|first1 = Susan}}</ref>
Shortly after resigning from Weinstein's team, Bloom fell victim to "email prankster" James Linton masquerading as Weinstein. In reply to the prankster, Bloom wrote that "[t]he new round of far more serious allegations were {{sic}} not made known to me".<ref name="cnn-weinstein-prankster">{{cite news |last = Tapper |first = Jake |title = 'Email prankster' reaches Harvey Weinstein, Lisa Bloom |url = http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/politics/email-prankster-harvey-weinstein-lisa-bloom/index.html |access-date = October 25, 2017|work = CNN |date= October 10, 2017 }}</ref> ''Variety'' later reported that Bloom "was only aware of accusations of verbal remarks, behaviors, and temper tantrums" when she began advising Weinstein, and was unaware of more serious allegations of rape and sexual assault.<ref name="variety-bloom-lied-to">{{cite news |last = Wagmeister |first = Elizabeth |title = Lisa Bloom Was 'Totally Lied to' by Harvey Weinstein, Did Not Know Severity of Allegations (EXCLUSIVE) |url = https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/lisa-bloom-harvey-weinstein-rape-allegations-1202586346/ |access-date = October 25, 2017 |work = Variety |date = October 10, 2017 }}</ref> Within weeks of the initial report in ''The New York Times'', Bloom publicly apologized for her role advising Weinstein.<ref name="la-times-bloom-weinstein">{{cite news |last = Kaufman |first = Amy |title = Harvey Weinstein is done. But what about Lisa Bloom?|url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-lisa-bloom-20171019-story.html |access-date = October 28, 2017 |work = Los Angeles Times |date = October 19, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="buzzfeed-colossal-mistake">{{cite news |last = Rosenbaum |first = Claudia |title = Lisa Bloom Knows She Made "A Colossal Mistake" In Harvey Weinstein |url = https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiarosenbaum/lisa-bloom-knows-she-made-a-colossal-mistake-in-harvey|access-date = October 28, 2017|work = BuzzFeed News |date = October 14, 2017}}</ref>
Bloom also represented former Amazon Studios president<ref name="abc-roy-price">{{cite news |last1 = Nathanson |first1 = Jason |last2 = Rothman |first2 = Michael |title = Amazon Studios President Roy Price resigns amid harassment allegation |url = https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/amazon-studios-president-roy-price-resigns-amid-harassment/story?id=50544849 |access-date = October 28, 2017 |work = ABC News |date = October 17, 2017 }}</ref> Roy Price amid sexual harassment allegations, but said her representation of Price concluded before Price's accuser Isa Hackett "went public".<ref name="deadline-roy-price">{{cite news |last = Patten|first = Dominic |title = Amazon Studios' Roy Price Suspended Amid Sexual Harassment Claims; COO Albert Cheng Named Interim Boss |url = https://deadline.com/2017/10/roy-price-amazon-sexual-harassment-claim-man-in-the-high-castle-producer-1202187548/ |access-date = October 28, 2017 |work = Deadline |date = October 12, 2017 }}</ref> ''The Daily Beast'' reported that 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. Bloom had allegedly accused Masters of a conflict of interest for badgering Price to advertise on her KCRW show, a charge Masters denied.<ref name="daily-beast-scorched-earth"/>
====Kathy Griffin controversy and fallout==== {{main|Kathy Griffin#Depiction of President Trump}}
Following a controversial 2017 photo shoot in which comedienne Kathy Griffin clenched a severed and bloodied mask that resembled the face of President Donald Trump, Bloom held a joint press conference with Griffin, then her client, to address the controversy.<ref name="politistick-griffin-bloom-press">{{Cite web|title = Kathy Griffin Attorney Lisa Bloom: Kathy is a Victim of 'Bullying' |date = June 2, 2017 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ou109hg6WE |access-date = July 10, 2017 |work = The PolitiStick |publisher = YouTube }}</ref> Their appearance was widely panned in the media for its self-victimization and lack of focus.<ref name="usa-today-griffin-bloom-press">{{cite news |last = Deerwester |first = Jayme |title = Kathy Griffin vs. Donald Trump: Did her press conference help or hurt? |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/06/02/kathy-griffin-and-lisa-bloom-say-trrump-feud-is-not-a-fair-fight/102426450/ |access-date = October 24, 2017|work = USA Today |date = June 2, 2017}}</ref><ref name="daily-beast-fame-whore">{{cite news |last = Grove |first = Lloyd |title = Kathy Griffin Dishes on Her Feud With 'Fame Whore' Lawyer Lisa Bloom—and Bloom Returns Fire |url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-got-bloomed-kathy-griffin-dishes-on-her-feud-with-fame-whore-lawyer-lisa-bloomand-bloom-returns-fire | access-date = October 25, 2017 |work = The Daily Beast |date = October 22, 2017 }}</ref>
Amid fallout over Bloom's role advising Harvey Weinstein, Griffin posted a Facebook video denouncing Bloom and her husband, Braden Pollock, for "exacerbat[ing] my personal situation". Griffin later publicly asked Bloom to stop calling her and denounced Bloom for "fame-whoring," a criticism of Bloom's proposal for a joint media tour following their joint press conference. According to Griffin, Bloom also charged exorbitant legal fees, which Griffin estimated were $40,000 for two days' representation, including by defense attorney Dmitry Gorin, whom Bloom allegedly hired without Griffin's consent. In response to Griffin's comments, Bloom claimed she "had no idea there was a problem" and released a statement criticizing Griffin for speaking extemporaneously at their press conference. Bloom nevertheless wished Griffin well.<ref name="daily-beast-fame-whore"/><ref name="bloom-tweet-922186437620928512">{{Cite tweet |user = LisaBloom |author-link = Lisa Bloom |number=922186437620928512|date=22 October 2017 |title=My statement re Kathy Griffin.}}</ref>
Following Griffin's own comments on Bloom, Tamara Holder, a former Bloom client, and Jehmu Greene, who had considered hiring Bloom, came forward with their own criticisms. Holder had retained Bloom after accusing Fox News Latino Vice President Francisco Cortes of sexual assault. According to Holder, Bloom proposed an initial retainer agreement granting herself 40% of any settlement, as well as a $10,000 retainer fee and reimbursement for any relevant hotel and travel expenses. Although Holder ultimately negotiated a more favorable contract, she criticized Bloom for charging thousands of dollars in extraneous fees, as well as pushing Holder to accept a gag order in her settlement with Fox News. For her part, Greene called Bloom "deceptive" for presenting her with a contract for media representation after a meeting focused primarily on legal services. Bloom responded to both allegations by claiming that "the vast majority of [the Bloom Firm's] clients are delighted with our work".<ref name="daily-beast-scorched-earth"/>
====Martin Chitwood case==== In October 2014, Carol Swanson Chitwood (n/k/a Carol Swanson Smith) retained Lisa Bloom and the Bloom Firm to pursue domestic violence claims against her then-husband, Martin Chitwood, a prominent Atlanta attorney, who had sued her for divorce in Atlanta two months earlier. While the divorce was still pending, Bloom filed suit against Martin Chitwood in California asserting domestic violence claims on Carol Chitwood's behalf. Martin Chitwood denied the allegations, claiming they were a tactic to prevent the enforcement of the parties' prenuptial agreement and force a settlement.
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 Bloom brought against him. Bloom did not appeal.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Jonathan|last1=Ringel|title=Jury Rejects Claims That Atlanta Lawyer Abused His Wife|url=https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/sites/dailyreportonline/2017/11/17/jury-rejects-claims-that-atlanta-lawyer-abused-his-wife/?slreturn=20180015180742|access-date=15 January 2018|work=Daily Report|date=17 November 2017}}</ref>
===Other=== Bloom and her firm represented male model Jason Boyce in his lawsuit against fashion photographer Bruce Weber among other people in New York State Supreme Court in December 2017.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Jacob|last1=Bernstein|first2=Matthew|last2=Schneier| first3=Vanessa | last3=Friedman |title=Male Models Say Mario Testino and Bruce Weber Sexually Exploited Them|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/mario-testino-bruce-weber-harassment.html|access-date=14 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=13 January 2018}}</ref>
On May 1, 2020, Bloom posted on Twitter that although she believed Tara Reade was assaulted by the former vice president Joe Biden, she would still support Biden.<ref>{{cite news|work=twitter|url=https://twitter.com/LisaBloom/status/1256327017911382018|title=I believe you, Tara Reade.}}</ref>
On March 3, 2023, Bloom announced that she would be representing vegan activist Miyoko Schinner in a wrongful termination counter lawsuit against Miyoko's Creamery.<ref name=sfa>{{cite web |url=https://www.specialtyfood.com/news/article/schinner-plans-countersuit-in-miyokos-creamery-dispute/ |title=Schinner Plans Countersuit in Miyoko's Creamery Dispute |access-date=2023-03-02 |last=Hamstra |first=Mark |date=2023-03-02 |publisher=Specialty Food Association }}</ref>
On August 15, 2024, the Department of Justice announced that Lisa Bloom and Braden Pollock, senior managers at The Bloom Firm, agreed to pay $274,000 to settle allegations under the False Claims Act. The settlement resolves claims that the firm falsely certified the use of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds for eligible payroll expenses, while actually using the funds to pay ineligible employees. The Bloom Firm will pay $204,200.34, with Bloom and Pollock each paying $35,384.49.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-15 |title=Office of Public Affairs {{!}} California Law Firm and Senior Managers Settle False Claims Act Allegations Regarding Misuse of Paycheck Protection Program Loan Funds {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-law-firm-and-senior-managers-settle-false-claims-act-allegations-regarding-misuse |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bloom married Braden Pollock, on December 5, 2014.<ref name="bloom-tweet-541008815324282880">{{Cite tweet |user = LisaBloom | author-link = Lisa Bloom |number = 541008815324282880 |date = December 5, 2014 |title = I have a husband now. By law he must obey my every whim, right? }}</ref> Pollock is the founder of Legal Brand Marketing<ref name="legal-brand-marketing-meet-our-team">{{Cite web |title = Meet Our Team|url = http://www.legalbrandmarketing.com/meet-our-team/ |access-date = November 30, 2017}}</ref> and works as the Bloom Firm's manager.<ref name="bloom-firm-braden-pollock">{{Cite web |title = Braden Pollock |url = http://www.thebloomfirm.com/braden-pollock/ |publisher = The Bloom Firm |access-date = October 7, 2017 |archive-date = September 26, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210926194641/https://thebloomfirm.com/braden-pollock/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> He was formerly on the board of the web services company Epik.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Meaker|first=Morgan|date=2021-01-18|title=Epik: The domain registrar keeping extremist websites online|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/01/18/epik-domain-registrar-keeping-extremist-websites-online/|access-date=2021-10-16|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Bloom and Pollock divorced in 2023.
Bloom has two adult children, daughter Sarah and son Samuel,<ref name="meet-lisa-bloom" /> with her former husband Jim Wong, an LAUSD teacher.
A vegetarian since 16, Bloom has been vegan since 2009.<ref name="bloom-firm-lisa-bloom">{{Cite web |title = Lisa Bloom |url = http://www.thebloomfirm.com/lawyer/lisa-bloom/ |publisher = The Bloom Firm| access-date = October 7, 2017 }}</ref> Bloom is Jewish.<ref name="bloom-tweet-834532321516781568">{{Cite tweet |user = LisaBloom |author-link = Lisa Bloom |number = 834532321516781568 |date = February 22, 2017 |title = I am Jewish and I've always had beloved Muslim friends, but yes, I get what you mean. }}</ref>
==Books== 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.<ref name="elle-review">{{cite news |first = Lisa |last = Shea |title = Tune Out, Turn On |url = http://www.elle.com/culture/books/reviews/a11653/lisa-bloom-book-review/ |access-date = June 2, 2011 |work = Elle |date = May 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="women-writers-review">{{cite news |last = McGaha |first = Anora |title = Book Review: Lisa Bloom's Swagger |url = http://booksbywomen.org/book-review-lisa-bloom-swagger/ |access-date = November 30, 2017 |work = Women Writers, Women’s Books |date = May 17, 2012 |archive-date = October 8, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171008180555/http://booksbywomen.org/book-review-lisa-bloom-swagger/ |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="kirkus-review">{{Cite news |title = SUSPICION NATION by Lisa Bloom |url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lisa-bloom/suspicion-nation/ |access-date = November 30, 2017 |work = Kirkus Reviews |date = March 4, 2014 }}</ref> In early 2017, The Weinstein Company and Jay-Z announced plans to adapt Bloom's 2014 book, ''Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It'', into a six-part documentary series.<ref name="variety-trayvon-martin">{{Cite news |last = Lang |first = Brent |url = https://variety.com/2017/film/news/jay-z-trayvon-martin-movie-documentary-series-weinstein-1202015276/ |title = Jay Z, Weinstein Company to Make Trayvon Martin Film and Documentary Series |work = Variety |date = March 23, 2017 |access-date = October 6, 2017 }}</ref> The status of the project was unknown as of 2017, and the company subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2018.<ref name=la-times-weinstein-company>{{cite news|last = Roy |first = Jessica |title = Weinstein Co. projects' fates: What's canceled and what's on track |url = https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-weinstein-company-projects-20171028-htmlstory.html |access-date = November 30, 2017 |work = Los Angeles Times |date = October 28, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-03-20 |title=Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43466469 |access-date=2023-11-01}}</ref>
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