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Television Lawyers
Newshour Media correspondent Terence Smith looks at the proliferation of television programs focusing on the law and the lawyers who appear on them.



Van Susteren

Greta Van Susteren
B.A, University of Wisconsin;
J.D., Georgetown;
Adjunct law professor at Georgetown; Defense attorney; Co-Host of CNN's Burden of Proof.

  Cossack

Roger Cossack
B.A., University of California;
J.D.,UCLA;
Former Assistant Dean at UCLA Law School
; Former deputy district attorney in Los Angeles; Co-Host of CNN's Burden of Proof.

Turley Jonathan Turley
B.A., University of Chicago;
J.D., Northwestern;
Professor of constitutional law at George Washington University.
  Ingraham

Laura Ingraham
B.A., Dartmouth College;
J.D., University of Virginia;
Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas; Former associate at a Washington, DC, law firm.
Host of MSNBC's Watch It!

diGenova

Jospeh Digenova
B.A., University of Cincinnati;
J.D., Georgetown;
Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; Former Independent Counsel --investigated President Clinton's passport files; Co-founder of diGenova and Toensing law firm.

  Toensing Vivtoria Toensing
B.A., Indiana University;
J.D., University of Detroit; Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Former deputy assistant attorney general during the Reagan administration; Co-founder of diGenova and Toensing law firm.
Olson Barbara Olson
Former assistant U.S. Attorney in D.C; Chief counsel, U.S. House investigations into Travelgate and Filegate; Founding member of Independent Women's Forum.
  Taylor Sturat Taylor
A.B., Princeton;
J.D., Harvard;
Senior writer at National Journal and contributing editor at Newsweek; Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr asked him to join his prosecutorial team; Former NewsHour contributor.
Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz
B.A. Brooklyn College;
J.D. Yale Law School;
Professor at Harvard Law School; Former O.J. Simpson defense team member.

  Murphy

Wendy Murphy
B.A. Boston College;
J.D. New England School of Law; Former asst. district attorney, Middlesex County, MA.

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