Pam Sherman

Pam Sherman
Pam Sherman as the Suburban Outlaw
Born Pamela L. Sherman
(1962-06-21)June 21, 1962
Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation Syndicated columnist, author, lawyer, actor
Nationality American
Citizenship United States
Education American University, Cardozo School of Law
Spouse Neal Sherman

Pam Sherman (born June 21, 1962) is an American attorney, actress, and writer based in Pittsford, New York. In 1998, her story was featured in People Magazine after quitting her job as a lawyer to pursue a career in acting[1] She has performed in theater, film, and television, including, NBC's Homicide: Life on the Streets, Unsolved Mysteries,[2] and the long-running play, Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center. Sherman published The Suburban Outlaw: Tales from the EDGE in 2009 which was recognized as a Best Seller in the Amazon's Woman & Business category.

Early life and education

Sherman was born on Staten Island, New York in 1962. Her father was a practicing Obstetrician and Gynecologist and her mother a Freudian Psychoanalyst. In 1980, she graduated from Tottenville High School on Staten Island, New York. Sherman studied at the American University in Washington, D.C. attaining degrees in International Relations and Theater in 1984 and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1987. Upon leaving the law to become an actress, she attended the British American Drama Academy at Balliol College at Oxford University in 1992,[3] and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.

Career

Lawyer

After graduating law school, Sherman began the practice of law in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Dechert, Price & Rhoads (now Dechert LLP). Her focus was in securities matters, employment litigation and entertainment law. She then moved to the firm Melrod Redman & Gartlan also based in Washington, D.C.[4]

Professor

Sherman was an adjunct professor at American University where she created an award-winning curriculum in Arts Law in the Arts Management Program. She has guest-lectured at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Education Doctoral Program at St. John Fisher College. Among other seminars she has organized, is Acting for Lawyers at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.[4]

Actor

After her law firm went out of business, Sherman returned to stage acting including shows at a number of Washington, D.C. area theaters. She had an extended run playing Mrs. Schubert in Shear Madness at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[1] She has also appeared in a number of television shows, commercials and plays. Sherman, along with the award-winning playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings co-authored and performed the one-woman show, Pumping Josey: Life and Death in Suburbia.[5] The show premiered at Horizon's Theatre, the oldest women's theater in America (now part of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts). After a near-decade hiatus from the stage, in 2017 she appeared in Geva Theatre Center's run of Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End.[6]

In addition to theatre, Sherman has also acted in minor roles in the NBC series Unsolved Mysteries and Homicide: Life on the Streets.[2] She also appeared in the movie The Alphabet Killer[2] in 2008.

The Suburban Outlaw

In 2001, Sherman was asked to write a column for Rochester Magazine, owned by Gannett. The Suburban Outlaw Column in Rochester Magazine expanded to a weekly column in the Rochester, New York Newspaper the Democrat and Chronicle.[7] Gannett then syndicated the Suburban Outlaw column among their newspapers nationally and digitally among their television stations. Her TEDx talk, "An Outlaw's Journey through the Arab Spring" focuses on her international travels.[8]

Leadership Consultant

She is a keynote speaker and provides group and individual training programs to explore the EDGE for organizations as diverse as law firms, advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Sherman provides training and development programs for business leaders all over the world on a variation of topics. Sherman is actively involved in the international organization, Young Presidents' Organization,[4] Chairing the first-ever Spouse Experience for the 2009 Global Leadership Conference and serving on the International Youth & Family Task Force

Personal life

Sherman lives with her husband, Neal Sherman and two children in Pittsford, New York (a suburb of Rochester, New York).

References

  1. 1 2 People Magazine - Going for It
  2. 1 2 3 "Pamela Sherman IMDB".
  3. ↑ Wendy Horwitz. "The Method Leads to Badness" (PDF). The Washington Post.
  4. 1 2 3 "Pam Sherman Biography".
  5. ↑ Tricia Olszewski. "Josey's Odyssey, From Big Apple To Crabgrass". The Washington Post.
  6. ↑ American Theatre Editors."Geva Theatre Announces 2017-18 Season"
  7. ↑ "Pam Sherman - D&C Staff".
  8. ↑ "An Outlaw's Journey through the Arab Springs Pam Sherman at TEDxFlour City".
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