Toobin biography

Jeffrey Toobin Biography

Jeffrey Toobin is an American lawyer, pundit, blogger, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker. He served as an associate counsel in the Department of Justice during the Iran–Contra affair, and then moved from law into writing during the s.

Jeffrey Toobin Age

He was born on May 21, in New York City, New York, United States. He is 62 years old as of

Jeffrey Toobin Height

Toobin stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.

Jeffrey Toobin Family

He was born to a Jewish family in New York City. He is the son of Jerome Toobin, a news broadcasting producer, and Marlene Sanders, former ABC News and CBS News correspondent.

Jeffrey Toobin Wife

He is married to Amy Bennett McIntosh since During their wedding, Paul Attanasio was best man, and Anne-Marie Slaughter was matron of honor.

The two met while they worked at the Harvard Crimson together in college. His wife Amy Bennett McIntosh is a Harvard graduate, holding an MBA from Harvard Business School, and has held executive positions at Verizon and Zagat Survey. He has two children, a daughter and son.

Jeffrey Toobin Net Worth

Toobn has an estimated net worth of about $10 million which he earned from his career as a lawyer, pundit, blogger, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker.

Jeffrey Toobin Education

He studied at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, a private preparatory school in New York City. Toobin then pursued undergraduate studies at Harvard College.

While in College, Toobin covered sports for The Harvard Crimson, where his column was titled &#;Inner Toobin.&#; He then graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American History and Literature, and was awarded a Truman Scholarship.

In , Toobin graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude with a J.D. While he was there, he had been an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Jeffrey Toobin Zoom

In The New Yorker suspended Jeffrey Toobin after news came out that he was spotted masturbating on a Zoom call with magazine employees, Toobin later apologized saying he was unaware that the camera was still on. 

Toobin was brought  back eight months later by CNN on June , he apologized again in a segment with CNN for his actions.

&#;I&#;m trying now to say how sorry I am, sincerely. Above all, I am sorry to my wife and to my family, but I&#;m also sorry to the people on the Zoom call. I&#;m sorry to my former colleagues at The New Yorker. I&#;m sorry to my current, fortunately, still colleagues at CNN. And I&#;m sorry to the people who read my work and watched me on CNN who thought I was a better person than this,&#; said Toobin, co-anchoring next to Camerota at the CNN desk. &#;I&#;ve got a lot to rebuild, but I feel very privileged and very lucky that I&#;m going to be able to try to do that.&#;

Jeffrey Toobin Career

Toobin started working in at The New Yorker and became a television legal analyst for ABC in He has provided broadcast legal analysis on many high profile cases.

In , he broke the story in The New Yorker that the O. J. Simpson legal team in his criminal trial planned to play &#;the race card&#; by accusing Mark Fuhrman of planting evidence.

Toobin provided analysis of Michael Jackson&#;s child molestation trial, the Starr investigation of President Clinton, and the O.J. Simpson civil case. In , he received an Emmy Award for his coverage of the Elián González custody saga

He joined CNN in , where he is now chief legal analyst. In , Toobin secured the first interview with Martha Stewart about the insider trading charges against her.

Jeffrey Toobin Author

Toobin has written several books, including one on the O.J. Simpson murder case, which was adapted as a series, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and it aired in as the first season of FX American Crime Story. The series won numerous Emmy awards.

Jeffrey Toobin Books

• Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer&#;s First Case, U.S. V. Oliver North &#;
• Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer&#;s First Case, United States V. Oliver North &#;
• The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson &#;
• A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President &#;
• Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the Election &#;
• The Nine &#;
• The Best American Crime Reporting &#;
• The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court &#;
• American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst &#;