Bird Denies Report That She Might Join Allred Firm

California Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird on Tuesday took issue with a Times article saying that she might go to work for the Los Angeles law firm of feminist lawyer Gloria Allred.

“It is totally false,� Bird said of the report, published Tuesday, that quoted sources close to Bird as saying there was a possibility that the outgoing chief justice would take a job with Allred’s firm.

Bird, the state’s first woman chief justice, was voted out of office in November after presiding over the Supreme Court for nine years. She leaves office Jan. 5.

The Times story reported sources as saying that the job with Allred’s firm was among several employment possibilities, including teaching, that Bird was considering. The Times sources reiterated Tuesday that the chief justice has considered working in the Allred firm, along with other options.

The newspaper quoted Steven Glazer, who was Bird’s main campaign spokesman and who is still working for her, as saying that Bird was considering working for a law firm in Los Angeles.

Interviewed for the story, Allred said Monday that she was not in a position to confirm or deny the possibility of Bird going to work for her firm.

Bird is a good friend of Michael Maroko, one of Allred’s law partners. In the months before the election, Bird’s campaign headquarters was located in Allred’s suite of offices on Wilshire Boulevard.