Laura Coates

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Laura Coates
Born (1980-07-11) July 11, 1980 (age 41)[citation needed]
NationalityAmerican
EducationPrinceton University (B.A.)
University of Minnesota Law School (J.D.)
OccupationAttorney, legal analyst, radio host, educator
Known forCNN analyst

Laura Gayle Coates (born July 11, 1980)[citation needed] is an American attorney and legal analyst for CNN. Since 2017, she has hosted a talk radio show, The Laura Coates Show, on radio SiriusXM's Urban View. In January 2021, The Laura Coates Show moved to SiriusXM's POTUS.

Education[]

In 2001, Coates earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. In 2005, she received her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]

Legal career[]

Coates began her legal career in Minnesota working as an associate attorney at the firm of Faegre & Benson.[2] She left Faegre to become an associate at the New York City law firm of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman.[3]

She moved from private practice to the United States Department of Justice as a federal prosecutor. She was a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice during the Bush and Obama administrations, specializing in the enforcement of voting rights throughout the country. She was also an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, prosecuting violent felony offenses, including drug trafficking, armed offenses, domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault.[citation needed] She is not currently a practicing attorney and is on inactive status with the Office of Lawyer Registration at the Minnesota Supreme Court.[4]

Television[]

In May 2016, she joined CNN as a legal analyst and is currently a CNN senior legal analyst. In 2019, Coates hosted two TV documentaries on the Oxygen Network.  The first, The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins,[5] follows Coates as she investigates the disappearance of 15-year-old twins in Augusta, GA. She also hosted the mini-series documentary Murder and Justice: The Case of Martha Moxley,[6] investigating the death of 15-year-old Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Publications[]

Coates has written features and offering research to major publications, such as The Washington Post and the Boston Herald. Her first book, published in January 2016, was a legal guide entitled, You have the Right: A Constitutional Guide to Policing the Police.[7] Coates' second upcoming book, Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness,[8] is slated to be released in January 2022. It is about her experience as a black female federal prosecutor at the US Department of Justice.

Teaching[]

Coates is an adjunct law professor at the George Washington University School of Law and routinely speaks across the country on civil rights, social justice, economic empowerment and other topics.[9]

Personal life[]

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota,[10] Coates resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two children.[10]

In July 2018, Coates was suggested by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek as a possible replacement once his contract was completed.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Laura G. Coates". Martindale.
  2. ^ "Copyright with Laura Coates of Faegre and Benson". TimeScape Media.
  3. ^ "The National Law Journal". Facebook.
  4. ^ "Attorney Detail". Minnesota Judicial Branch.
  5. ^ The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins (TV Movie 2019) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-09-06
  6. ^ Murder and Justice: The Case of Martha Moxley (TV Mini Series 2019– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-09-06
  7. ^ "You Have the Right: A Constitutional Guide to Policing the Police". Amazon. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  8. ^ Just Pursuit. 2022-01-18. ISBN 978-1-9821-7376-0.
  9. ^ "Laura Coates". The George Washington University. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
    - "Meet the GWU Professor Who May Be the Next Host of Jeopardy". Washingtonian. August 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "ABOUT LAURA COATES". Laura Coates. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  11. ^ Polus, Sarah (August 1, 2018). "'How could you not do it?' Meet the CNN analyst Alex Trebek named as a potential 'Jeopardy!' host replacement". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

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