Jean Casarez Biography
Jean Casarez is a CNN correspondent who covers a wide range of issues for the network, including legal and criminal matters, investigations, and breaking news. He is also a lawyer.
Jean Casarez Age
She was born Jean Ann LeGrand-Casarez on 20 April 1960, in Long Beach, California, United States of America. Jean is 64 years old as of April 2024.
Jean Casarez Education
Born and raised in Long Beach, California, Casarez graduated from the University of Southern California and received her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles.
Jean Husband-Spouse
Casarez is happily married to her husband, John Casarez and currently resides in New York City.
Jean Casarez CNN News
Casarez is a CNN correspondent that covers a wide range of issues for the network, including legal and criminal matters, investigations, and breaking news. She is stationed in the network’s New York office. She was an anchor for Court TV’s hourly Newsbreak. In addition to her current employment for CNN, she periodically fills in as host for HLN’s Primetime Justice, a current affairs show.
Jean Casarez Career
She previously worked for TruTV before the network discontinued daytime trial coverage. As a Court TV/TruTV journalist, Casarez delivered live daytime trial coverage, reporting on courtroom trials around the country, including the Coral Eugene Watts trial, the Kobe Bryant rape case, and the Scott Peterson sentencing hearing. She was an anchor for Court TV’s hourly Newsbreak. In addition to her current employment for CNN, she periodically fills in as host for HLN’s Primetime Justice, a current affairs show.Casarez is a member of the Nevada and Texas bars and is admitted to the Southern District of Texas Federal Courts. She joined Court TV in January 2003, having previously worked as a weekend anchor and legal reporter at KOLO-TV in Reno, Nevada.
Prior to working in Reno, Casarez created the news magazine show First Edition and worked as a City Hall reporter and fill-in anchor for KENS-TV in San Antonio. In addition to her legal background and journalism career, Casarez, under the name Jean LeGrand, has recorded six albums of Tejano music in Spanish for CBS and Capitol EMI Records’ International divisions, touring throughout the United States and Mexico. Casarez has also been nominated for numerous journalism awards, including a Peabody Award in 2010 for CNN Network’s coverage of the Gulf oil spill.
Casarez Net Worth
Jean has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.