In 1996, Peggy Hoffman was feeling a bit restless in her native Dallas. So she loaded up her belongings, moved to New York City and eventually landed a job that’s familiar to anyone who’s watched any one of the multiple versions of NBC’s “Law and Order” television series.
“I was young and single and burned out,” says Hoffman, who was working as a prosecutor in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office when she decided to head north. “My sister and cousin were there. And it was a good time to try something new.”
