Laura Coates

Laura Coates
Coates in 2024
Born
Laura Gayle Coates

(1979-07-11) July 11, 1979 (age 45)[1]
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
University of Minnesota (JD)
Occupation(s)Attorney, news anchor, legal analyst, radio host, educator
Known forCNN analyst
Spouse
Dale Gordon
(m. 2010)
Children2

Laura Gayle Coates (born July 11, 1979)[1] is an American legal analyst, attorney, and television broadcaster. She has formerly served as a trial attorney for a law firms Faegre & Benson and Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, and a federal prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Since 2016, she has served as a legal analyst for CNN, and became the network's chief legal analyst in 2023.[2] Since October 2023, she has also hosted a nightly news discussion TV program on the network, Laura Coates Live.

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  2. ^ Lindsay, Benjamin (May 5, 2023). "CNN Promotes Laura Coates to Chief Legal Analyst". TheWrap. Retrieved May 6, 2023.