I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child.

Marc Retmier a 19 year old US Navy Hospitalman was killed in action in Afghanistan in June 2008. In August 2010 Allred represented Jodie FiGloria Allredr whose sexual harassment claim revealed expense-account irregularities that led to the resignation of HP CEO Mark Hurd. She began work on a graduate degree at New York University where Gloria Allred became interested in the civil rights movement.

The New Republic has called her "a longtime master of the press conference. Gloria Rachel Allred (née Bloom; born (1941-07-03)July 3 1941) is an American civil rights lawyer who is noted for taking high-profile and often controversial cases; Gloria Allred has been particularly involved with cases involving the protection of women's rights.