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71 A.B.A. J. 72 (1985)
Social Change, and Success Too

handle is hein.journals/abaj71 and id is 864 raw text is: N;,?Aaf, ,4 Social Change, and Success Too By Susan Vaughn SURELY you've heard about some of their cases: e An Auschwitz survivor who sued the radical right-wing Institute for Historical Review after it offered a reward to any- one who could prove the Holocaust actu- ally occurred. He sued to collect the reward. * Lynn Redgrave sued the producers of Housecalls after she was fired for breastfeeding on the set. e Two lesbians successfully challenged a posh Los Angeles restaurant's ban of homosexual couples in its couples only dining section. For Allred, Maroko, Goldberg & Ribakoff, making headlines is an almost daily event. Administrative assistant Debbie Wuliger has assembled 24 vol- umes of press clippings about the firm since its inception in 1976. And this doesn't include the wire stories that run in papers throughout the United States, she added. Plans change The 13-attorney firm had its beginnings at Loyola Law School in downtown Los Angeles where Gloria Allred, Michael Maroko and Nathan Goldberg met as classmates. Allred originally planned to open an all-female feminist law practice, but her two intended partners backed out at the last minute. Then I asked Nat and Mike, said Allred. It was one of the best decisions of my life. Allred and Maroko set up quarters in February 1976 on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Goldberg joined the part- Debbie Wulinger nership two months later. The suite was shared by a group of new attorneys, each with a budding law practice. All made use of a centralized law library, receptionist and mail service. The three partners pooled their talents to form a competitive practice. Allred, 43, had spent the previous four years working on California governor Jerry Brown's campaign and as a National Or- ganization for Women volunteer. Mar- oko, 34, left his position with Monteleone & McCrory, a construction law firm, to join Allred. Nathan Goldberg, 38, who graduated first of 328 Loyola classmates, abandoned a promising career with Swerdlow, Miller, Seal & Swerdlow, a Beverly Hills law office, where he han- dled motion picture antitrust cases. I was scared about taking the leap, but it was now or never, said Maroko. I knew that the longer I waited, the harder it would be for me. Particularly the financial risk. 72 ABA Journal, The Lawyer's Magazine

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