Background
Linda A. Fairstein was born on May 5, 1947 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Daughter of Samuel Johnson and Alice (maiden name: Atwell) Fairstein.
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Linda A. Fairstein was born on May 5, 1947 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Daughter of Samuel Johnson and Alice (maiden name: Atwell) Fairstein.
Fairstein graduated with a B.A. (with honors) from Vassar College in 1969 and from the University of Virginia School of Law with a J.D.n 1972.
Linda joined the Manhattan District Attorney's office in 1972 as an Assistant District Attorney and was promoted to the head of the sex crimes unit in 1976. Since 1981 she was deputy chief of trial division. Fairstein left the District Attorney's office in 2002, and has continued to consult, write, lecture and serve as a sex crimes expert for a wide variety of print and television media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC and Larry King, among others. Fairstein has consulted for a number of media outlets during a number of high-profile prosecutions. She was the founder of the Domestic Violence Committee of the New York Women's Agenda. She is a frequent speaker on issues surrounding domestic abuse.
Linda received the Emory Buckner award from Federal Bar Council, the Judge Joseph Proskauer award from the United Jewish Appeal Federation, the Woman of Year award from Glamour Magazine, the Women of Courage award from American Heart Association. Moreover, Fairstein has consulted for a number of media outlets during a number of high-profile prosecutions, including Michael Jackson's molestation charges in 2004, Kobe Bryant's sexual assault charges, and Scott Peterson's trial. She was also involved in the Harvey Weinstein case,helping to silence one of the cases against him.
Quotations: “I have just started my twenty-fifth year as a prosecutor in New York City, which is an enormously satisfying and constantly interesting job.I have now had the opportunity to write about it as both non-fiction and fiction. For me, the series of crime novels is an extraordinary opportunity to inform readers about the criminal justice system and to entertain them at the same time.”
Linda has been a member of Women’s Bar Association, American College of Trial Lawyers, Federal Bar Council (member of Board of Trustees since 1993), Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, New York Women’s Forum, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Judiciary committee member from 1985 until 1988; Legal Issues affecting Crime Victims committee member since 1993).
Linda married Justin N. Feldman on May 2, 1987, and has three stepchildren.
