Marcia Clark
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Marcia Clark at the 2011 Texas Book Festival
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| Born |
Marcia Rachel Kleks August 31, 1953 Alameda, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Los Angeles Southwestern University School of Law (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Prosecutor Writer Television correspondent |
| Years active | 1979–present |
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| Children | 2 |
Marcia Rachel Clark (born Marcia Rachel Kleks; August 31, 1953) is an American prosecutor, author, and television correspondent. She was the lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case.
Clark was born in Alameda, California, the daughter of Rozlyn Kleks (née Masur) and Abraham Kleks, who was born and raised in Israel and worked as a chemist for the Food and Drug Administration. She was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family. She has a younger brother by six years who became an engineer. Due to Abraham's job with the FDA, the family moved many times, living in California, New York, Michigan and Maryland.
She graduated from Susan E. Wagner High School, a public high school in the Manor Heights section of Staten Island, New York City, New York. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1976 with a degree in political science, then earned a Juris Doctor degree at Southwestern University School of Law.
Clark was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1979. She was in private practice and "worked as a public defender for the city of Los Angeles before becoming a prosecutor" in 1981. She worked as a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, California, and was mentored by prosecutor Harvey Giss.
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