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Nancy Grace First Job Candy Counter Sears

March 26, 2012 by · Comments Off on Nancy Grace First Job Candy Counter Sears 

Nancy Grace First Job Candy Counter Sears, First Job: Nancy Grace
Interviewed by Tom Van Riper 05.23.06, 3:00 PM ET

What was your first job?

It was at Sears Roebuck, working the candy counter during Christmas break, when I was in high school in Macon [Ga.]. Later, they put me into home appliances, which didn’t work out so well. A little later, I was a hike master at Indian burial grounds in Georgia. That was a tough time.

How old were you?

I was 16 when I started at Sears.

How much did you make?

I don’t remember exactly; a few bucks an hour.

What did you learn?

I learned how to deal with all sorts of people. Kids at White Eagle spoke several different languages, and many had disabilities. I had to listen to what they had to say, which really helped me once I became a trial lawyer. Also, I learned the value of the discipline of getting up every morning and going to work. I had no choice; I had to work every day, just as my parents did. You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.

Who was your best, or worst, boss and why?

My worst boss was a federal judge I worked for when I was first out of law school, because he had stopped caring about his cases. The best boss I had was Lewis Slayton, the district attorney of Fulton County [Ga.]. It was the early ’80s, and few women and minorities were allowed to be trial lawyers. Most were confined to handling child-support recovery, which meant chasing down deadbeat dads, plus writing appeals. Lewis gave me the chance to be a litigator. He gave me the wings to fly and the legs to run.

What was your big break?

It was getting the chance to become a prosecutor in one of the most violent districts in the country, inner-city Atlanta. Also, there was the time I was invited to sit on a panel of so-called experts for a televised discussion on a rape case. I sat right between Roy Black, who was just off the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, and Johnny Cochrane. I got into a huge fight with both of them in good nature. That led to Cochrane & Grace. I moved to New York with two boxes of clothes and $200 in my wallet.

What has been your biggest failure?

I often get too emotionally involved in my cases. I take it as a huge disappointment when I lose. Then again, that’s what keeps me going.

How many hours do you work in an average week now?

More than 60.

What is the worst thing about work?

Dealing with lawyers all the time. You get some real buttheads.

What is the best thing about work?

It’s the chance to be the voice of people who don’t have a voice in our system–children, minorities, women–who are the most common victims of crime.

Nancy Grace hosts CNN Headline News’ legal analysis program Nancy Grace .

Nancy Grace Casey Anthony Trial

July 7, 2011 by · Comments Off on Nancy Grace Casey Anthony Trial 

Nancy Grace Casey Anthony TrialNancy Grace Casey Anthony Trial, The reaction to Nancy Grace cut my evil ways HLN TV was as fast as the host’s ability to convict someone before he gets a fair chance in court. No shock, the reaction was mixed, with some offering a collective thank you and others slamming me. And no, the emails were not anti-Huff of my family or friends called.

I argued that Grace embodies everything wrong with cable TV, and that was on full display during the trial, Casey Anthony. She always combative rarely allows guests or co-produce a single word, and often the transmission becomes more about it than the subject matter. It seems I was not alone with these thoughts.

Not for long. “Finally someone has given the task of Nancy Grace. She and her network are the worst of the worst,” wrote Ron Maniloff. “Embarrassing, is not strong enough. Please be our worst elements of society, uninformed, lynching, subordinates who were easily on the screen, after the ruling in court.”

Maniloff also disagrees – rightly – with the use of “” Exorcist “type” of music in and out of commercials during the coverage of Grace.

“Thanks for the article describes the information too often hurtful Nancy Grace,” wrote Ronald and Arthur Berman. “How or why, the television allows such reports seriously and irresponsible to continue is amazing.”

Arthur, it should be noted, is a cat.

To be fair, Grace is not considered a journalist but a commentator who can say what you want.

“Most news people are just screaming kids – so this woman is Grace – call the wagon nut,” wrote Dr. Carolyn M. McCarthy.

I wish I had thought the line of cars nut indeed.

That said, there are people like Grace’s scorched earth approach to television.

“Nancy Grace defends the rights of victims [particularly women who are beaten and murdered] and she is the only television to do it! I’m also p-ed off at the verdict,” wrote a reader named Eva, who supply of a surname. “Why did Casey get through this and make millions off the death of a child? Shame on you for your point of view. Do not shut someone who stands up for us! Keep your opinions to yourself! Does Bill O’Reilly let his opponents speak? Jane Velez Mitchell has? S-EX-LL NO! ”

Kenneth DeLuca, taking into account what he called an inconsistent way the news has handled other recent stories, wrote: “You are a hypocrite and her role is a joke.” That is not the first time that has been said about me, of course, but thanks anyway.

And finally, Arsenio Rojas wrote that he could not believe my comments about Grace. “You should be jealous of her,” wrote Rojas. “It’s hard to swallow when I tell you the truth. You must be another Geraldo Rivera, who told Fox News that Casey Anthony was a good mother. It’s embarrassing when someone comes with statements like that. What’s on your mind?

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