Background
Schaeffer was born in Burbank, California to Gloria Peri-Smith and Peter Schaeffer, and was raised in Palm Springs.
Schaeffer was born in Burbank, California to Gloria Peri-Smith and Peter Schaeffer, and was raised in Palm Springs.
She had a double major in college - English and psychology - and graduated from the University of California, Riverside. Schaeffer graduated in the top 10% of her class from Southwestern University School of Law in their SCALE program
She was named Season 6 Apprentice on the reality show of the same name. She is currently the host of Know Your Rights television, a news legal webisodic. She has one brother, Michael Schaeffer.
Selected as a Los Angeles Lawyer "Young Rising Star" in 2006 for excellence in law, Schaeffer was a trial attorney for California defense firm Stockwell, Harris, Widom, Woolverton & Muehl.
She joined the firm on August 16, 2006, prior to She worked for Goldman, Magdalin & Krikes, Limited Liability Partnership.
Schaeffer was hired in the sixth season of Schaeffer oversaw the Trump at Cap Cana project in Santo Domingo on a 1-year contract (with a starting salary exceeding $250,000 United States dollar) as an owners" representative for Trump at Capcana, and also became the Vice President of sales and marketing for Trump International Hotel and Tower in Las Vegas. Schaeffer lives in Los Angeles, California.
She defended California employers against workers" compensation, subrogation and discrimination claims, and defended large real estate developers in construction defect litigation.
She is a member of the alumni association board of directors at Southwestern Law School.