• Background: B.A. Harvard
• Career: Attorney, legal analyst, writer
• Achievements: Awards, Published works

Background

• Toobin earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude, and was editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Career

• He has served as an Assistant US Attorney and worked in the criminal trial against Oliver North as a result of the Iran-Contra affair. He has reported on many high profile cases, and earned an Emmy Award for his coverage of the custody battle over Elian Gonzalez. (Source: CNN.com)
• Former legal analyst for ABC News
• Current staff writer at The New Yorker magazine.

Achievements

• He received a 2000 Emmy Award for his coverage of the Elián González custody saga.
• "Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer's First Case—United States v. Oliver North" (1992)
• "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson" (1997)
• "A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President" (2000)
• "Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election" (2001)
• "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" (2007)