patricia duff
Patricia Duff is a political activist and a United States Democratic Party fundraiser. [1]
Dueling exes Ron Perelman and Patricia Duff dusted off their long-running legal feud Monday when a court-appointed lawyer for their teenage daughter charged Duff has subjected the girl to “emotional abuse.” [2]
Patricia Duff has spent most of her professional career in politics, working as a consultant in Washington D.C. for two of the top political strategy firms, as a political organizer and as an activist. [3]
Yesterday, Patricia Duff, the ex-wife of Ron Perelman, announced that she’ll be representing herself in court in their revived custody battle over their daughter, Caleigh, who is charging that her mother abused her. [4]
News about Patricia Duff, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. [5]
In Los Angeles, when she was married to Medavoy she was an activist in Democratic Party politics as well as other environmental and political issues. [6]
While with Ronald Perelman, Duff became the Chair of the Women’s Vote Campaign and co-chaired the New York finance efforts for the 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign. [1]
When the marriage ended, or was ending, it was said that billionaire businessman, Ronald Perelman kept his private jet on the tarmac at LAX, ready and waiting for her. [6]
Ms Duff has also taken on the issue of judicial reform in New York and nationwide. [3]
It was the fourth divorce for Duff and the third for Perelman, who has since gone on to marry - and divorce - actress Ellen Barkin. [2]
In the late 1980s, Duff started an entertainment industry-related non-partisan political organization called Show Coalition, which soon became an important element in the nexus between Washington politics and Hollywood. [1]
Duff and Perelman, much of which focused, at least in the tabloids, on the custody of their daughter. [6]
She was regularly cited in the Los Angeles Times and the New York Social Diary called her “the most high profile entertainment industry-related female political figure in Los Angeles” after Jane Fonda. [...] Duff has weathered the travails of divorce from a powerful and wealthy individual. [1]
While leading Show Coalition, Ms Duff also became a tireless advocate for Colors United/Living Literature, whose school programs served at-risk teens from Watts/South Central Los Angeles to Venice. [3]
Sources:
[1] Patricia Duff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Duff)
[2] Ron Perelman and Patricia Duff renew their war of the roses (nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/06/23/
[3] Patricia Duff (www.patriciaduff.net/index.html)
[4] Patricia Duff to Remake Legally Blonde’ in Real Life — Daily Intel … (nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/07/
[5] Patricia Duff News - The New York Times (topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/…
[6] The List: Patricia Duff (www.newyorksocialdiary.com/list/