Laura Coates
Laura Coates | |
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Coates in 2024 | |
| Born | Laura Gayle Coates July 11, 1979 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) University of Minnesota (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney, news anchor, legal analyst, radio host, educator |
| Known for | CNN analyst |
| Spouse |
Dale Gordon (m. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
Laura Gayle Coates (born July 11, 1979) 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. Since October 2023, she has also hosted a nightly news discussion TV program on the network, Laura Coates Live.