After graduating, she worked in fashion, accepting a position with legendary designer Marc Jacobs.

Per herLinkedInbio, she was an “East Coast merchandiser” who focused mainly on “production.”

Here, Habba was appointed as the Secretary of the Student Bar Association.

lina Habba speaks to media outside Manhattan Criminal Courthouse

Interestingly, the high-profile litigator has faced some criticism for her choice of school.

OneXuser summarized the narrative: “There are 198 accredited law schools in the country.

Alina Habba’s school, Widener University in [Pennsylvania], ranks 158.”

Alina Habba at Trump’s civil fraud trial

That same year, the then-27-year-old married her first husband, Matthew Eyet, who was also an attorney.

Unfortunately, after welcoming two children together, the couple divorced in 2019.

Their split wasn’t Habba’s only major move that year, though.

Alina Habba leaves Manhattan Federal Court

However, after just one year of operations, Habba changed tacks to officially begin working for Trump.

Zervos eventually abandoned her suit, and the judge threw out the case against the Times.

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