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Jeffrey Ross Toobin (born May 21, 1960 in New York City
New York City

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, New York
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) is a lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN
CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
 and The New Yorker
The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an United States magazine that publishes reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Starting as a weekly in the mid-1920s, the magazine is now published 47 times per year, with five of these issues covering two-week spans....
.

in attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, in New York City, and subsequently earned his Bachelor's degree from Harvard College
Harvard College

Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, a private university in the United States founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature....
 in 1982, where he covered sports for The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Crimson

The Harvard Crimson, the daily student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873. It is the only daily newspaper in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is run entirely by Harvard College undergraduates....
, using the column name "Inner Toobin." He graduated magna cum laude and earned a Truman Scholarship
Truman Scholarship

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is a federal scholarship granted to U.S. college juniors for demonstrated leadership potential and a commitment to public service....
. He is also a 1986 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation....
, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review
Harvard Law Review

The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School....
.

in began freelancing for The New Republic
The New Republic

The New Republic is an United States magazine of politics and the arts. It is published semimonthly and has a circulation of approximately 60,000....
 as a law student.






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Jeffrey Ross Toobin (born May 21, 1960 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
) is a lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN
CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
 and The New Yorker
The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an United States magazine that publishes reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Starting as a weekly in the mid-1920s, the magazine is now published 47 times per year, with five of these issues covering two-week spans....
.

Education

Toobin attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, in New York City, and subsequently earned his Bachelor's degree from Harvard College
Harvard College

Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, a private university in the United States founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature....
 in 1982, where he covered sports for The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Crimson

The Harvard Crimson, the daily student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873. It is the only daily newspaper in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is run entirely by Harvard College undergraduates....
, using the column name "Inner Toobin." He graduated magna cum laude and earned a Truman Scholarship
Truman Scholarship

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is a federal scholarship granted to U.S. college juniors for demonstrated leadership potential and a commitment to public service....
. He is also a 1986 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation....
, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review
Harvard Law Review

The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School....
.

Career

Toobin began freelancing for The New Republic
The New Republic

The New Republic is an United States magazine of politics and the arts. It is published semimonthly and has a circulation of approximately 60,000....
 as a law student. He went on to become a law clerk and work as an associate counsel to Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh
Lawrence E. Walsh

Lawrence E. Walsh, is an American lawyer and former judge and United States Deputy Attorney General who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel in 1987 to investigate the Iran-Contra affair during the Ronald Reagan Administration....
 during the Iran-Contra affair and Oliver North
Oliver North

Oliver Laurence North is an United States best known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair. Currently, he is a political commentator, host of "War Stories with Oliver North" on Fox News Channel, and a New York Times best-selling author....
's criminal trial, before becoming an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
. He then took up his post at The New Yorker
The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an United States magazine that publishes reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Starting as a weekly in the mid-1920s, the magazine is now published 47 times per year, with five of these issues covering two-week spans....
, and became the first television legal analyst in 1994, at ABC.

He currently is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a senior political analyst for CNN, and the author of five books.

Toobin has provided broadcast legal analysis on many high profile cases, including Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
, the O.J. Simpson civil trial and the Starr investigation of President Clinton
Bill Clinton

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. He received a 2000 Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
 for his coverage of the Elián González
Elián González

The child custody and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Eli?n Gonz?lez , was at the center of a heated controversy in 2000 involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, his father, his Miami, Florida and Cuban relatives, and the Cuban-American community of Miami....
 custody saga.

Family

Toobin is the son of pioneer woman journalist Marlene Sanders
Marlene Sanders

Marlene Sanders began her broadcast journalism career in 1955 working for Mike Wallace of CBS, as his local producer. In those days, women were usually in the newsroom solely to perform secretarial functions....
 and Jerome Toobin
Jerome Toobin

Jerome Toobin was Bill Moyers' producer at CBS. He was also director of news and public affairs for New York's Channel 13. He is the father of Jeffrey Toobin, lawyer, author, and CNN legal analyst....
, a public television producer. Toobin lives with his wife, Amy McIntosh, and two children, Adam (b. 1992) and Ellen (b. 1991) in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
.

Works


  • The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
    The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

    The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court is a 2007 in literature non-fiction book by legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Based in part on exclusive interviews with the justices and former law clerks, Toobin profiles the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the functioning of that institution, and how it has changed...
     (2007) winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
    J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

    The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize is an annual award in the amount of $10,000 given to a book that exemplifies, "literary grace, a commitment to serious research and social concern.? The prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and by the Columbia University School of Journalism....
  • Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election (2001)
  • A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President (2000)
  • The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson (1997)
  • Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer's First Case—United States v. Oliver North (1992)


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