Molly Judson Liskow, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Harvard Law School, a lawyer and editor, was born on August 19, 1958 in Saginaw, Michigan to William Charles Liskow and Frances Lathrop Griswold Liskow. She attended the Cheshire Academy in Connecticut from 1972-1976, studied at Mount Holyoke College from 1976-1980 and graduated with a double major in classics and history. She attended Harvard Law School from 1980-1983 and received a J.D. She worked as an attorney at several law firms in the Boston area and has been Practice Area Editor for Matthew Bender/LexisNexis.