 Rikki Klieman has been an Anchor at the Courtroom Television Network in New York since October 1994, analyzing trials and legal proceedings throughout the country. She is now the daily host of Both Sides which airs from 1:00-3:00 p.m. As she evaluates the tactics of each advocate, she comments on the highlights, the drama and the passion of the day's testimony. She remains Of Counsel to the Boston , Massachusetts law firm of Klieman, Lyons, Schindler and Gross where she specializes in criminal trial and appellate practice as well as civil litigation. She received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1975. Prior to her legal career, she was a theater major at Northwestern University and became a professional actress. Following law school, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Walter Jay Skinner of the United States District Court of Massachusetts , and as a prosecutor with the Middlesex and Norfolk County District Attorney's offices. Before creating her own practice, she was a partner at Friedman & Atherton, a commercial law firm in Boston . In 1983, she was named one of the five most outstanding women trial lawyers in the country by TIME Magazine. She is often the subject of magazine and newspaper articles and she was profiled by CNN. She has been featured on television on Today, Good Morning America, Miller's Court and the evening news. She has been interviewed on numerous radio and television programs on various aspects of criminal and civil law and procedure including, among others, The McLaughlin Group, 20/20 and a Nightline Special Report on rape hosted by Peter Jennings. In addition, Ms. Klieman lectures to various business and bar associations as well as school groups on "Powerful Communication from the Courtroom to the Boardroom," "Theatre in the Courtroom," "You Can Have It All, But Not All the Time" as well as commenting on legal and political issues including the ongoing debate of "Cameras in the Courtroom" and "Law and the Media." She is working on her autobiography, Fairy Tales Can Come True - How a Driven Woman Changed Her Fate to be published in 2003.
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