Joan illuzzi orbon biography of martin

Marcia Clark became a household name after her televised prosecution of O.J. Simpson in 1995. While Harvey Weinstein won’t receive the same wall-to-wall cable coverage, in the social media age his upcoming trial could similarly boost the profile of Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon.

A lifelong Staten Islander, middle child and Catholic school alumnus, the 57-year-old career prosecutor has worked in the DA’s office since graduating from St.

John’s University School of Law in 1988 — excluding a brief hiatus in 2015 when she unsuccessfully ran for district attorney in her home borough. (Though she ran as a Republican, Illuzzi-Orbon was endorsed by both the Democratic-leaning New York Daily News and the Rupert Murdoch-controlled New York Post as well as several organizations and individuals on both sides of the aisle, many of whom said she would have bee