Shelley A. Marcus, a nominee for a Superior Court judgeship, endured tough cross-examination over her role as an attorney for 21 women’s "gifting table" clients who paid her and The Marcus Law Firm over $50,000 for civil representation.

She and her father, Edward Marcus, were both subpoenaed and testified Monday in the federal pyramid scheme trial of two Guilford women, Jill Platt and Donna Bello, that is now unfolding before U.S. District Judge Alvin Thompson in Hartford.