‘Jersey girl’ had early ambitions for an impactful career in law
New York attorney Jessica Klotz remembers crying as a young girl when in 1981 Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
But hers were not tears of joy.
Rather, Klotz was crushed with disappointment. As far back as the 4th grade, she had set her eyes on becoming the first woman on the nation’s high court when she was given the role of judge in a class project that simulated a small town.
“I’m probably the only woman who cried when Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed because that was my dream,” says Klotz.
The law hook was set, however, and Klotz knew from that day that she was going to be a lawyer.
A self-proclaimed “Jersey girl, born and bred,” Klotz grew up in Hackensack before the family moved to Fair Lawn when she was 10 and her sister was 6. Her father was in real estate and her mother, after staying home to raise children, returned to school to get a paralegal degree and then a master’s in library science. She became the law librarian for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey in Newark.
“To see her at work or hear from the lawyers who worked with her about her as a professional was a unique experience,” says Klotz, who would occasionally grab lunch with her mom when she had appearances in the federal court in Newark. “She was very impressive.”
But hers were not tears of joy.
Rather, Klotz was crushed with disappointment. As far back as the 4th grade, she had set her eyes on becoming the first woman on the nation’s high court when she was given the role of judge in a class project that simulated a small town.
“I’m probably the only woman who cried when Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed because that was my dream,” says Klotz.
The law hook was set, however, and Klotz knew from that day that she was going to be a lawyer.
A self-proclaimed “Jersey girl, born and bred,” Klotz grew up in Hackensack before the family moved to Fair Lawn when she was 10 and her sister was 6. Her father was in real estate and her mother, after staying home to raise children, returned to school to get a paralegal degree and then a master’s in library science. She became the law librarian for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey in Newark.
“To see her at work or hear from the lawyers who worked with her about her as a professional was a unique experience,” says Klotz, who would occasionally grab lunch with her mom when she had appearances in the federal court in Newark. “She was very impressive.”
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