Jeffrey Toobin
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 Toobin at the 2012 Texas Book Festival, Austin, October 27 |
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| Born | Jeffrey Ross Toobin May 21, 1960 New York City, New York |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Legal analyst, Commentator |
| Notable credit(s) | The New Yorker (1993–) CNN Senior Legal Analyst (2002–) |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Bennett McIntosh (1986-present) |
Jeffrey Ross Toobin[1] (born May 21, 1960) is an American lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker.[2]
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Early life and education [edit]
Toobin was born in New York City,[3] the son of former ABC News and CBS News correspondent Marlene Sanders, and news broadcasting producer Jerome Toobin. He attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York City, Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College. At Harvard, he covered sports for The Harvard Crimson, where his column carried the name "Inner Toobin." He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 and earned a Truman Scholarship. He graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude with a law degree in 1986, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Career [edit]
Toobin began freelancing for The New Republic as a law student. He went on to become a law clerk to a federal judge 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.[4] He then took up his post in 1993 at The New Yorker, and became the first television legal analyst in 1994, at ABC.
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. In 1994, Toobin broke the story in The New Yorker that the O. J. Simpson legal team planned on accusing Mark Fuhrman of planting evidence and playing "the race card."[5] He received a 2000 Emmy Award for his coverage of the Elián González custody saga.
He joined CNN in 2002.[5] In 2003, he secured the first interview with Martha Stewart with regard to the charges against her for insider trading.[6]
Toobin is a longtime friend of Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan, having met her while the two were students at Harvard Law School.[7] He has described Chief Justice John Roberts as "very, very conservative."[8] Regarding Justice Clarence Thomas, Toobin has said that Thomas' legal views were "highly unusual and extreme", called him "a nut," and said that he was "furious all the time."[9][10]
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."[11][12]
Toobin currently is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a senior analyst for CNN since 2002, and the author of five books. Toobin's book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, has received awards from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.[5]
Personal life [edit]
In 1986, he married Amy Bennett McIntosh.[13] He met Amy while they worked at the Harvard Crimson newspaper together in college. She is a 1980 Harvard graduate[14] and has held executive positions at Verizon and Zagat Survey.[15] They have two children.[15] He was reported by the New York Times to have had a long term extra-marital affair with Casey Greenfield, daughter of American television journalist and author Jeff Greenfield, which resulted in a paternity suit. Toobin was eventually confirmed as the father of the child. Greenfield has sole custody.[15][16]
Bibliography [edit]
Books [edit]
- The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court (2012)
- The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2007) winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize[17]
- 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 [edit]
- 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.
- Toobin, Jeffrey (26 March 2012). "The Talk of the Town: Comment: Holding Court". The New Yorker 88 (6): 41–42. Retrieved 4 August 2012. Legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act.
References [edit]
- ^ "J.R. Toobin Weds Amy B. McIntosh – New York Times". The New York Times. 1986-06-01. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ "Contributors: Jeffrey Toobin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ^ "So What Do You Do, Jeffrey Toobin, Author?". 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ "Opening Arguments, by Jeffrey Toobin". Commentary. 1991-05-01. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ a b c "Anchors/Reporters – Jeffrey Toobin". CNN. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ "Contributors: Jeffrey Toobin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ Shister, Gail (2010-05-12). "CNN's Jeffrey Toobin on Elena Kagan: 'Funny, well-informed...She's Good Company'". TV Newser.
- ^ "Charlie Rose". 2010-10-04. PBS. http://www.charlierose.com/download/transcript/11230.
- ^ "The Diane Rehm Show". 1 October 2007. NPR.
- ^ "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees". 1 October 2007. CNN.
- ^ Calderone, Michael (2009-03-17). "JournoList: Inside the echo chamber". Politico.
- ^ Kurtz, Howard (2010-07-23). "Getting the message on Journolist's controversial postings". The Washington Post. "In the latest Daily Caller piece, Journolist members were shown objecting to John McCain picking Palin as his running mate. Jeffrey Toobin of CNN and the New Yorker: 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"
- ^ New York Times: "J.R. Toobin Weds Amy B. McIntosh June 1, 1986
- ^ The Harvard Crimson: "Jeffrey R. Toobin" By Samuel P. Jacobs Monday, June 04, 2007
- ^ a b c New York Daily News: "CNN legal eagle Jeffrey Toobin in baby mama drama – with daughter of CBS News' Jeff Greenfield" BY GEORGE RUSH February 18, 2010
- ^ New York Times: "Casey Greenfield v. the World" By ROBIN FINN February 17, 2012
- ^ "J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project winners". Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jeffrey Toobin |
- Official website
- CNN staff biography
- October 2007 Author Series: Jeffrey Toobin in Conversation with Lori Lightfoot.
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