Constance Rice

Constance Rice is a fighter.

In more ways than you’d think. Angry at herself for not fighting back when a man physically attacked her in college, she took up martial arts. She vowed to put the next guy in the hospital — and did.

But she actually prefers legal combat. Her fearlessness has made her one of the most successful civil rights attorneys in the country.

Next to getting three innocent men off of death row, however, Rice said her most important achievement was earning her black belt in tae kwon do. It was one of the hardest things she ever did.

"It's an all-male world, and it's physical combat. Women aren't trained to do that," said Rice, who convinced a South Korean instructor to take on his first female student years ago. "So not only do I do verbal combat and legal combat, but I do physical combat."

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