Jean Casarez

Jean Casarez is a correspondent for IN SESSION’s live daytime trial coverage, reporting from courthouses around the country. Casarez has covered legal proceedings involving Casey Anthony, NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, Kobe Bryant, Robert Blake, O. J. Simpson, the civil rights trial of Edgar Ray Killen, the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey and Scott Peterson’s sentencing verdict.  She covered all court proceedings involving Anna Nicole Smith in Florida and the Bahamas.

Casarez has been a guest and legal expert on national cable and network news shows including Nancy Grace, Larry King Live, AC360, The Today Show, and The Early Show. She fills in as a host for Nancy Grace on Grace's CNN Headline News Show.

Casarez, who is a member of the Nevada and Texas bars, is also a licensed attorney in the U.S. Southern District Court of Texas. She joined IN SESSION in January 2003 from KOLO-TV in Reno, Nevada, where she was a weekend anchor and legal reporter. Prior to that, she 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.

Casarez graduated from the University of Southern California and received her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles. While in law school, she won first place in a statewide Moot Court competition and assisted in preparing a Writ of Certiorari for the United States Supreme Court. She also clerked with the Nevada firm of Gallagher and Tratos while a law student.

In addition to her legal background and journalism career, Casarez has recorded six albums in Spanish for the International divisions of CBS and Capitol EMI Records. She toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Mexico and was nominated for multiple awards.