Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about EMILY COMPAGNO!
WHAT I DO Emily Compagno, attorney, Raiderette: A year before she joined the Oakland Raiders’ popular cheerleading squad in April 2007, she received her law degree at the University of San Francisco and passed the California Bar exam. A criminal defense attorney with a firm south of San Francisco, she balances law with the football games, dance practices, photo shoots and charity work that come with being a Raiderette. Compagno, 29, grew up in El Cerrito and got her bachelor’s degree at the University of Washington. People in the legal field are always surprised when they learn I’m a Raiderette. […] there’s equal surprise when people first know me as a Raiderette and find out I’m an attorney. The irony is that I didn’t have time when I was in law school, but as a practicing attorney I did. […] weekend practices begin in June and last through the summer until the first preseason games in August. The Raiderettes were the first NFL cheer team (1960), and our uniform has not changed since then, except for alterations in fit and cut to reflect the times. […] we go back to the locker room and, on a good day, we have like an hour and 10 minutes to eat lunch and totally get ready for the game. […] we flank the tunnel when everyone exits and when the last player’s off the field, we go back to the locker room. Each NFL team has its own policy about their own players dating their own cheerleaders.
Emily Compagno on Twitter: “My great-grandfather William Bertsch, US Army 1912-1944 (my mom corrected the dates).
Veracruz, Mexico-WWI-WWII. #PurpleHeart 1918 from an exploding shell & coma in Jaulgonne, FRA, awarded by President Wilson.
My middle name honors his wife & my great-grandmother, Rose. ??”
Emily Compagno on Twitter: “My ggrandfather, then-Maj. William Bertsch wrote:
“I was knocked unconscious by an enemy high explosive shell on the night of July 24 or 25, 1918, in the valley near Jaulgonne, France, while serving as 2nd Lieutenant, commanding a platoon of Company L, 4th Infantry…”
Emily Compagno on Twitter: “@mspemberton73_s @travelchannel @travelersbooks @citizenpictures What a lovely note to receive. I was born at Oak Knoll! Our warmest & best to you and your husband from the whole Compagno family ♥️”
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Emily Rose Compagno is an attorney, TV host, and former National Football League cheerleader . she currently appears as a contributor on Fox News Channel (FNC) her great-grandfather earned a Silver Star during World War Emily Bertsch graduated with a b.a. in political science from the university of washington . she was awarded the u.s. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps’ Cadet of the Quarter Award . in Compagno was a senior judge at the u.s. court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . she then went on to work as the federal managing attorney and acting director at the social security administration . Emily Compagno launched her own show on Fox Nation, Crimes That Changed America .
