Jean Casarez
Jean Ann LeGrand-Casarez (born April 20, 1960 in Long Beach, California) is an American lawyer and news correspondent for CNN and its sister network HLN. She formerly worked for "TruTV" (formerly Court TV) until that network eliminated daytime trial coverage. As a correspondent for Court TV/TruTV, Casarez provided live daytime trial coverage, reporting on courtroom trials across the country; she has covered such cases as the Coral Eugene Watts trial, the Kobe Bryant rape case, and Scott Peterson sentencing hearings. Casarez was also an anchor for Court TV's hourly "Newsbreak". In addition to her current  work for CNN, she is occasionally a substitute host for HLN's Current affairs show, "Primetime Justice." Career. A graduate of the University of Southern California and Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, Casarez is a member of the Nevada and Texas bars, licensed in the Southern District of Texas Federal Court. She joined Court TV in January 2003 from KOLO-TV in Reno, Nevada, where she was a weekend anchor and legal reporter. Prior to working in Reno, Casarez produced the news magazine show "First Edition" and served as the City Hall reporter and fill-in anchor at KENS -TV in San Antonio, Texas. 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 the International divisions of CBS and Capitol EMI Records, thus touring throughout the U.S. and Mexico; Casarez has also been nominated for numerous awards as a journalist, and received a 2010 Peabody Award for CNN Network’s coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill. Casarez is married and currently resides in New York City.