Gloria Allred Gloria Allred. Photo Credit: Lizzy McLellan/ALM

Gloria Allred, the iconic lawyer who has lately appeared of behalf of women accusing Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, is in New York this week to receive this year's Lenore Kramer Award for Excellence from the New York State Trial Lawyers Association's Women's Caucus.

It's an especially busy time for Allred, who is the focus of a new Netflix film documenting her legal career and advocacy for women's rights. While giving interviews for the documentary, Allred has been traveling the country for various cases and overseeing high-profile matters, such as representing Summer Zervos in a defamation suit in Manhattan Supreme Court against President Donald Trump.

Allred, 76, a partner of Los Angeles firm Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, discussed what role she plays in her firm's cases, how she bills—she said she doesn't charge for press conferences—and what the recent wave of high-profile sexual harassment accusations nationwide has meant for her practice.