Jean Casarez Biography
Jean Casarez is an American news anchor, correspondent, and lawyer working for CNN in Atlanta. she joined CNN in September 2013.
Jean Casarez Age
Casarez is 62 years ols as of 2022 . She was born on April 20, 1960, in Long Beach, California, USA.
Jean Casarez Height
Casarez stands at an approximate height of 5 ft and 4 inches tall.
Jean Casarez Family
Casarez has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if Casarez has any siblings.
Jean Casarez Husband
Casarez is happily married to John Casarez.
Jean Casarez Net Worth
Casarez has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a journalist.
Jean Casarez Salary
Casarez earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Jean Casarez Education
Casarez is a proud graduate of the University of California/Southwestern University School of Law. Where she graduated with a bachelor of science (B.S.) AND JURIS Doctorate in political science and government/law.
She was part of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority during her learning at the university. Moreover, she won 1st place in a statewide Moot court competition and helped to prepare a writ of certiorari for the united states supreme court while in law school. In addition to that, she clerked with the Nevada firm of Gallagher and Tratos while a law student.
Jean Casarez Career
Casarez works for CNN in Atalanta, Georgia as a correspondent. She has covered a lot of stories for the network including investigation and breaking news and legal and crime. She reported the news on the mass Las Vegas shooting with her overnight reporting from the Vegas strip to the country in 2017.
Jean broke the news to the country of 2017’s mass Las Vegas shooting with her overnight reporting from the Vegas strip. She also covered the breaking news of New York’s 2016 Chelsea bombing case and has been the network’s correspondent for the; Larry Nassar sexual assault case and sentencing hearing, Bill Cosby’s arrest, trial and conviction for indecent sexual assault, West Virginia’s chemical water spill and O.J. Simpson’s release from prison.
She is currently involved in reporting the criminal case against Harvey Weinstein. Casarez pursued and found the case of a man who was sentenced to 70 years in prison for breaking 13 bones of his infant son. James Duncan proclaimed his innocence from day one. Casarez took a very serious inspection of the evidence getting interviews with Duncan himself in prison and key players on both sides. The interviews became a prime-time documentary for CNN “Broken Bones…Shattered Lives.”
Therefore, the court has now ordered Duncan to have a hearing this fall to determine, if his verdict should be changed based on the new evidence that his son had a metabolic bone disease. Additionally, she has done other long-form work for the network including fall along with an upcoming documentary on the 40th anniversary of the arrest of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Jon Benet’s Murder, Bill Cosby’s rise, and the Drew Peterson case.
Casarez also covered court proceedings involving the Bahamas covering the International legal aspect of Smith’s untimely death and Anna Nicole Smith in Florida. She flew to Lima Peru for the CNN networks to report the arrest of Joran van der Sloot in the murder of a Peruvian college student in 2011. While there she and her crew were able to obtain access to Peru’s maximum security prison Castro Castro, interviewing inmates and Peru’s Director of Prisons about the country’s correctional system.
In 2009 court TV was named In Session she covered the high-profile trials of Jodi Arias, George Zimmerman, Casey Anthony, and Conrad Murray. Casarez was the first person to do a sit-down interview with the Zimmerman defense team of Mark O’Mara and Don West for the CNN networks. In addition to that, she sat down on the eve of Casey Anthony’s death penalty trial with her attorney Cheney Mason for an in-depth look at the challenge before him.
Previously, she was a correspondent for Turner Broadcasting’s network Court TV, joining the station in 2003. In this station, she has covered high-profile legal proceedings around the country including; the criminal trial of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper Brian David Mitchell, Kobe Bryant, the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey, the civil rights trial of Edgar Ray Killen, Scott Peterson’s sentencing verdict, and O.J. Simpson’s kidnapping trial.
Additionally, she is a licensed attorney in the U.S. Southern District Court of Texas and also a member of Nevada, and Texas bars. Prior to that, She was working for KOLO-TV in Reno Nevada as a weekend news anchor and reporter. Before that, she was a fill-in anchor at KENS-TV in San Antonio, Texas and a produced and fill-in anchor at KENS-TV in San Antonio, Texas.
Jean Casarez Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 200 followers on Instagram and over 11K followers on her Twitter accounts
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