Susan estrich biography

American lawyer, professor, and political commentator

Susan Estrich (born December 16, 1952) is an American lawyer, professor, author, political operative, and political commentator.

She is known for serving as the campaign manager for Michael Dukakis in 1988 (being the first woman to manage the presidential campaign of a major party nominee since Belle Moskowitz managed Al Smith's campaign in 1928) and for serving in 2016 as legal counsel to the former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes.

Early life and education

Estrich was born in Lynn, Massachusetts,^[1] the second of three children of Helen Roslyn Freedberg, a medical office manager, and Irving Abraham Estrich, an attorney.^[2] She grew up in Marblehead on the MassachusettsNorth Shore, where she attended the Dr Samuel C Eveleth School.^[3]

Estrich graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College in 1974, and received her J.D.

degree from Harvard Law School in 1977.^[4]