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- Birth nameMarcia Rachel Kleks
- Marcia Clark was born on August 31, 1953 in Berkeley, California, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Fix (2019), O.J.: Made in America (2016) and Pretty Little Liars (2010). She was previously married to Gordon Tolls Clark and Gabriel Horowitz.
- SpousesGordon Tolls Clark(October 7, 1980 - 1995) (divorced, 2 children)Gabriel Horowitz(November 6, 1976 - February 2, 1981) (divorced)
- Graduated from Southwestern University Law School in 1979 and passed the California Bar the same year.
- Has two sons with her second husband. Travis Clark (b. 1989) and Trevor Clark (b. 1992).
- Worked for the Los Angeles law firm of Brodey & Price before resigning to become an Assistant District Attorney for Los Angeles County.
- She was not then Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti's first choice as lead prosecutor as he'd hoped to give the case to more experienced prosecutor Bill Hodgman but for a chronic heart defect that caused Hodgman to collapse during a strategy meeting.
- 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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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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