Laura Jarrett Biography|Wiki
Laura Jarrett is a skilled American Journalist currently working at CNN as an anchor. She anchors the “Early Start” with Christine Romans. Prior to this, Jarrett was a correspondent based in Washington, D.C. covering the Justice Department and legal issues.
Laura Jarrett Age
How old is Jarrett? She is 39 years old as of 2021. Jarrett was born on October 29, 1983, in Chicago, in the United States of America. She celebrates her birthday on the 29th of October every year.
Laura Jarrett Education
Jarrett attended and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2010, where she was Articles Selection co-chair for the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, and published her own articles on the intersection of gender, violence, and the law.
Laura Jarrett Height|Weight
Jarrett stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 60kgs
Laura Jarrett Family
She was born in Shiraz, Iran, her parents are James E. Bowman and Barbara T. Bowman during the Pahlavi dynasty. Her father, a pathologist, and geneticist ran a children’s hospital in Shiraz in 1956. One of her maternal grandparents was the first African-American architect at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jarrett’s mother was one of four child activists who founded the Erikson Institute in 1966. The institute was set up to offer collective information on child growth to teachers and other practitioners working with young children. Jarrett spoke Persian, French, and English as a child.
Laura Jarrett Husband
Jarrett is happily married to Tony Balkisson, a lawyer since 2012. Tony is the son of a renowned politician based in Ontario, Canada, Bas Balkisson and Tahay Balkison.
Laura Jarrett Children
Jarrett and her husband Tony Balkisson are blessed with a son called James Anthony Balkissoon who was born on July 16, 2019.
Laura Jarrett Career
Jarrett joined the news team in 2016 straight from her law practice, she has covered many significant legal stories during the Trump administration, including migrant family separations at the southwest border, the travel ban, the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and high stakes battles between the Justice Department and Capitol Hill.
In May 2017, she lead the role of delivering the breaking news of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment to oversee the Russia investigation, as well as the conclusion of his work in March 2019. In addition, she also worked as the head reporter for CNN covering the Justice Department Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information, and the corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez.
Jarrett worked as an attorney in Chicago before joining CNN. She focused on defending companies and individuals in government investigations brought by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as complex commercial litigation in private practice.
Most recently, she devoted significant time to pro bono cases, including the representation of a sex trafficking victim who successfully used a new Illinois law to expunge her past convictions. She worked as a law clerk for two federal judges, the Honorable Rebecca Pallmeyer in the Northern District of Illinois and later for the Honorable Ann C. Williams on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
Jarrett attended and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2010, where she was Articles Selection co-chair for the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, and published her own articles on the intersection of gender, violence, and the law.
Laura Jarrett Salary|Net Worth
Jarrett has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which he earned from his broadcasting career.
Laura Jarrett Social Media Platforms
Jarrett is very active on social media platforms and has over 69.4k followers on Twitter, 17.2k followers on Instagram, and over 4k followers on Facebook.
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