Laura Coates Biography and Wiki
Laura Coates is an American journalist, attorney, and television personality working as a legal analyst for CNN. She also hosts The Laura Coates Show. The show airs live on SiriusXM, P.O.T.U.S., and Channel 124 Monday through Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm ET.
Laura Coates Age and Birthday
The journalist was born on July 11, 1979, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. She is 43 years old as of 2023. Her birth sign is Cancer. She turns 44 years old on July 11, 2023.
Laura Coates Height and Weight
She stands at the height of 5 feet and 4 inches (Approx, 1.65 meters) tall and weighs around 59 kg ( 130 pounds).
Laura Coates Education
The named attorney attended and graduated from a local high school in her hometown. From there she joined the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
She later graduated from the institute in 2001 with an Artium Baccalaureus (A.B) degree. Laura later earned a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2005.
The analyst also completed a 122-page-long senior thesis, titled “The Legacy of Southern Redemption: An Examination of Felon Disenfranchisement Policy,” under the supervision of Russ Nieli.
More details regarding her academic credentials will be updated soon.
Laura Coates Family, Parents, Siblings
Laura was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to her parents, Norman Coates (father) and Martha Yarboro Coates (mother). She grew up in the United States alongside her sister Tracy.
Further details concerning her family background will be updated soon when revealed.
Laura Coates Husband, Is She Married?
Moving on to her marital affairs, the famed legal analyst is married to her loving husband, Dale Gordon. The pair exchanged their wedding vows in July 2014 in a blissful wedding ceremony attended by family members and close friends.
We are keeping tabs and we will update her partner’s details soon.
Laura Coates Kids
The couple is blessed with two children a son and a daughter whose identities have not yet been disclosed.
Laura Coates Salary
While working at CNN, she receives an average annual salary pegged between $151,000 to $201,475. Her contract with exact figures is yet to be released.
Laura Coates’s Net Worth
The journalist has an estimated net worth of $2.5 million. This amount is from her extensive career as an attorney, author, and analyst among other investments.
Laura Coates Career| CNN
Laura serves as the senior legal analyst for CNN News since joining the station in May 2016. She is known for hosting The Laura Coates Show which airs live on SiriusXM, P.O.T.U.S., and Channel 124 Monday through Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm ET.
She is also a well-recognized attorney and an adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Law. Coates is the author behind Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness, which debuted on the New York Times bestseller list.
In 2019, she hosted two TV documentaries on the Oxygen Network; The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twin, and the mini-series documentary Murder and Justice: The Case of Martha Moxley.
In Addition, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek recommended her as a possible replacement once his contract was completed.