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Toobin has provided broadcast legal analysis on many high profile cases, including ], the ] civil trial and the Starr investigation of ]. He received a 2000 ] for his coverage of the ] custody saga. Toobin has provided broadcast legal analysis on many high profile cases, including ], the ] civil trial and the Starr investigation of ]. He received a 2000 ] for his coverage of the ] custody saga.

==JournoList participation==

In March 2009, ] revealed that Toobin was a member of the private discussion group ], where "several hundred left-leaning bloggers, political reporters, magazine writers, policy wonks and academics" "talked stories and compared notes."<ref name=Politico>{{cite web
| url = http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=11B8A213-18FE-70B2-A8208267EE03A416
| title = JournoList: Inside the echo chamber
| last = Calderone
| first = Michael
| date = 2009-03-17
| publisher = ]
}}</ref> Toobin said of fellow journalist ], "does anyone know what prompted Michael Barone to go insane?"<ref name=DailyCaller>{{cite web
| url = http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/21/obama-wins-and-journolisters-rejoice/2/
| title = Obama wins! And Journolisters rejoice
| last = Strong
| first = Jonathan
| date = 2010-07-21
| publisher = ]
}}</ref> Regarding the pick of ] as running mate to ], Toobin remarked as follows: “what a joke...I always thought that some part of McCain doesn’t want to be president, and this choice proves my point. Welcome back, ].”<ref name=DailyCaller2>{{cite web
| url = http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/22/when-mccain-picked-palin-liberal-journalists-coordinated-the-best-line-of-attack/
| title = When McCain picked Palin, liberal journalists coordinated the best line of attack
| last = Strong
| first = Jonathan
| date = 2010-07-22
| publisher = ]
}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==

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Jeffrey Toobin at the 2007 Texas Book Festival.

Jeffrey Ross Toobin (born May 21, 1960) is an American lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker.

Early life and education

Toobin was born in New York City, New York., the son of former ABC News and CBS News correspondent Marlene Sanders. He attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, in New York City and attended Harvard College where he covered sports for The Harvard Crimson, using the column name "Inner Toobin." He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 and earned a Truman Scholarship. He is also a 1986 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Career

Toobin began freelancing for The New Republic as a law student. He went on to become a law clerk and work as an associate counsel to Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh during the Iran-Contra affair and Oliver North's criminal trial, before becoming an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn. He then took up his post at The New Yorker, and became the first television legal analyst in 1994, at ABC.

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

Toobin has provided broadcast legal analysis on many high profile cases, including Michael Jackson, the O.J. Simpson civil trial and the Starr investigation of President Clinton. He received a 2000 Emmy Award for his coverage of the Elián González custody saga.

Personal life

In 1986, Toobin married Amy McIntosh and together they have two children. In 2010, Casey Greenfield, daughter of ABC News journalist Jeff Greenfield, took Toobin to court claiming that he fathered her baby and has refused to pay child support.

Bibliography

Books

  • The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2007) winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
  • 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)

Articles

References

  1. "J.R. Toobin Weds Amy B. McIntosh - New York Times". 1986-06-01. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  2. "Contributors: Jeffrey Toobin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 27 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. "So What Do You Do, Jeffrey Toobin, Author?". 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  4. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/18/2010-02-18_cnn_legal_eagle_in_baby_mama_drama.html

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