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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.
JournoList participation
In March 2009, Politico revealed that Toobin was a member of the private discussion group JournoList, where "several hundred left-leaning bloggers, political reporters, magazine writers, policy wonks and academics" "talked stories and compared notes." Toobin said of fellow journalist Michael Barone, "does anyone know what prompted Michael Barone to go insane?" Regarding the pick of Sarah Palin as running mate to John McCain, 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, Admiral Stockdale.”
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
- Toobin, Jeffrey (12 January 2009). "Profiles: Barney's Great Adventure". The New Yorker. 84 (44): 36–47. Retrieved 27 March 2009. Profiles US Representative Barney Frank.
References
- "J.R. Toobin Weds Amy B. McIntosh - New York Times". 1986-06-01. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- "Contributors: Jeffrey Toobin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - "So What Do You Do, Jeffrey Toobin, Author?". 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- Calderone, Michael (2009-03-17). "JournoList: Inside the echo chamber". Politico.
- Strong, Jonathan (2010-07-21). "Obama wins! And Journolisters rejoice". The Daily Caller.
- Strong, Jonathan (2010-07-22). "When McCain picked Palin, liberal journalists coordinated the best line of attack". The Daily Caller.
- http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/18/2010-02-18_cnn_legal_eagle_in_baby_mama_drama.html
External links
- Official website
- CNN staff biography
- October 2007 Author Series: Jeffrey Toobin in Conversation with Lori Lightfoot.
- 1960 births
- American broadcast news analysts
- American legal writers
- American political pundits
- Emmy Award winners
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Lawyers who have represented the United States government
- Living people
- The New Yorker people
- New Yorker staff writers
- People from New York City
- Truman Scholars
- United States Department of Justice lawyers