Fired Realty Exec Hires Gloria Allred

For a dozen years, Dallas’ Liz Trocchio Smith was one of the few women holding a senior executive post at a global commercial real estate company. Then, last October, she was fired. Now the former Cushman & Wakefield executive VP — she oversaw the C&W region including Dallas, Chicago, and Minneapolis — has turned to a legal heavyweight for some advice. As Christine Perez reports exclusively on our RealPoints site, Trocchio Smith has retained Gloria Allred — the highest-profile women’s-rights attorney in the country.