Marlene Trestman is a lawyer and the author of Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin (LSU Press, March 2016). She is currently working on a second book, The History of New Orleans Jewish Orphans Home, 1855-1946. Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Both books draw on Trestman’s personal experiences. Orphaned at age 11, Trestman grew up in New Orleans as a ward of the agency that succeeded the orphanage in which Margolin was raised. During time they spent together while Trestman attended college and law school, and started her legal career, Margolin inspired her future biographer. For the last decade of Trestman’s thirty-year career with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, from which she retired in 2013, she served as a Special Assistant to the Attorney General and was responsible for enforcing consumer protection laws governing the marketing of tobacco and alcohol, and internet safety. In recognition of her contributions, Trestman twice received the Attorney General’s Exceptional Service Award. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate and former trustee of Goucher College, Trestman earned her law degree from George Washington University and her MBA from Loyola University of Maryland’s Sellinger School, where she has taught law.  Trestman has received research grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Hadassah Brandeis Institute, and the American Jewish Archives. A recipient of the Supreme Court Historical Society’s Hughes-Gossett Literary Award and the Isidore Newman School’s Distinguished Alumnus Award, Trestman lives in Baltimore and delights in visiting her native New Orleans.