Anna Stolley Persky, a legal affairs writer, joined the ABA Journal staff in 2023. She previously freelanced for the Journal and several other legal publications. Persky has been a reporter at Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times Westside Weekly section, as well as the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals. She also worked as a legal affairs producer for Fox News Channel. Persky earned her JD from the University of California at Davis King Hall School of Law and her BA in liberal arts studies from Sarah Lawrence College. She is slated to earn her MFA in creative writing from George Mason University in 2024.
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