Marlene Trestman

Marlene Trestman, a former Maryland Assistant Attorney General, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Goucher College who received her law degree from George Washington University and her MBA from Loyola University of Maryland. Trestman has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, American Jewish Archives, and Texas Jewish Historical Association. A recipient of the Supreme Court Historical Society's Hughes Gossett award, Trestman lives in Baltimore and loves visiting her native New Orleans. Her next book, Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans will be published by LSU Press in October 2023. For more information, visit www.marlenetrestman.com.