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. She is currently working on a second book, Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The History of New Orleans' Jewish Orphans' Home, 1856-1946. Both books draw on Trestman's personal experiences. Orphaned at age 11, Trestman grew up as a client of the Jewish Children's Regional Service, the agency that formerly ran the orphanage in which Margolin was raised.
Prior to retiring in 2013, Trestman spent the last decade of her thirty-year legal career with the Maryland Attorney General's office serving as Special Assistant to the Attorney General and was responsible for enforcing laws related to public health and consumer protection. Twice awarded the Attorney General's Exceptional Service Award, Trestman has received a number of honors, fellowships, and grants, including ones from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Supreme Court Historical Society. Trestman lives in Baltimore and welcomes the chance to interview former residents of the New Orleans Jewish Children's Home, or their descendants.
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