Laura Coates Biography
Laura Coates is an American anchor and Chief Legal Analyst working for CNN as a chief legal analyst and anchor of Laura Coates Live, airing weeknights at 11pmET. She joined the CNN news team in 2016.
Laura Coates Career
Coates is the top legal analyst for CNN and the anchor of Laura Coates Live, which airs weeknights at 11pmET. The show will talk about the day’s most interesting stories and offer smart, thought-provoking, and insightful analysis. It will also use Coates’ extensive experience as a lawyer and his unwavering dedication to finding the truth. At the point where law, politics, and pop culture meet, the high-energy show will help people understand news stories they’ve already heard.
Coates joined CNN in 2016 and is a key part of the network’s extensive legal programming. She is also a major player in major news events, such as CNN’s coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the January 6th hearings, and President Donald Trump’s two impeachment hearings, where she hosted a special called White House in Crisis: The Impeachment Inquiry. She often writes about high-profile crime trials, like the ones of Alex Murdaugh and Derek Chauvin, a former police officer. Coates also hosts the award-winning daily show “The Laura Coates Show” on SiriusXM’s mixed-party P.O.T.U.S. channel, where she talks to world leaders and politicians from both parties and has lively debates about how politics and the law affect each other.
She has written two books, You Have the Right: A Constitutional Guide to Policing the Police and Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight For Fairness. Coats went to Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs and the University of Minnesota Law School, where she is now on the Board of Advisors. She then started her work as a lawyer in private practice. Coates was a lawyer in Minnesota and New York, where she dealt with a wide range of cases, including those involving intellectual property, the First Amendment, slander, and the media.
She left private practice to work for the US Department of Justice and did very well as a federal lawyer because she felt called to serve the public. During both the Bush and Obama administrations, she worked as a trial lawyer in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Her main job was to protect people’s right to vote across the country. She was also an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where she handled a wide range of violent felonies, such as drug trafficking, armed crimes, domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual harassment.
At CNN, Scholes works alongside; Fareed Zakaria, Fredricka Whitfield, Bill Weir, Amara Walker, John Avlon, Dana Bash, David Axelrod, John Berman, Victor Blackwell, Wolf Blitzer, Kate Bolduan, Pamela Brown, Kim Brunhuber, Erin Burnett, Alisyn Camerota, Julia Chatterley, Rosemary Church, Anderson Cooper, Audie Cornish, Amanda Davies, Max Foster, Bianna Golodryga, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Laila Harrak, Erica Hill, Michael Holmes, Van Jones, Brianna Keilar, Lynda Kinkade, John King, Melissa Knowles, Christina Macfarlane, John Miller, Veronica Miracle, Bianca Nobilo, Abby Phillip, Brad Parks, Richard Quest, Don Riddell, Michael Smerconish, Boris Sanchez, Tom Sater.
Laura Coates Salary
Coates earns a salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Laura Coates Net Worth
Coates has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he/she has earned through his/her career as a news anchor and political analyst..
Laura Coates Age
Coates was born on July 11, 1980, in Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States. She is 43 years old as of 2023, and she celebrates her birthday on the 11th of July every year.
Laura Coates Height and Weight
Coates stands at a height of 5 feet 2 inches tall (1.57m) and weighs 60 kgs (132 lbs).
Laura Coates Family
Coates was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Norman Coates (father) and Martha Yarboro Coates (mother). She has two younger sisters. Tracey Coates and the name of the other sister will be updated when available.
Laura Coates Husband and Children
Coates is married to Dale Gordon, an actor in various famous movies. They met in 2007 when Coates had just landed her new job in New York City. They tied the knot in 2010 after 3 years of dating. The couple is blessed with two children; a son named Adrian and a daughter named Sydney. The family resides in Washington, D.C.
Laura Coates House
Details concerning Coates house are not available as of now. However, this information will be updated when available.
Laura Coates Social Media Platform
Coats is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 135k followers on Twitter 83k followers on Instagram, and 28.3k followers on Facebook.