Laura Jarrett Age【 CNN Wikipedia Bio 】Father, Husband Wedding, Baby

Personal Information Summary
Name	Laura Jarrett
Laura Jarrett Mother / Mom	Valerie Jarrett
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	Born on October 29, 1983. As of 2024, she is around 41 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Fiance / Partner	Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	2
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	Mixed
Nationality	American
Where did Laura Jarrett go to school?	In her hometown, she attended the Chicago Laboratory School.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Laura Allison Jarrett is an American practicing litigation attorney and a Senior Legal Correspondent for NBCNews. Prior to that, she was a political reporter for CNN based mostly in Washington, DC. From January 2020 until 2022, Laura was the anchor of the show “Early Start” along with co-host Christine Romans.

Personal Life : Laura Jarrett Parents, Family and Marriage

Laura Jarrett was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1983 to parents William and Valerie Jarrett (maiden name Valerie Bowman).
Her parents were well educated and encouraged her to follow in their footsteps with powerful work, and they have since been quoted in interviews as saying they hoped they would make their daughter proud.
Laura’s mother Valerie was born in Iran in 1956 but moved to Chicago as a child. Valerie is famous for having an impressive career in politics and for serving as a senior adviser to former U.S. President Barack Obama during both of his successful presidential terms. She was also a mentor to former First Lady, Michelle Obama.
Laura’s dad William Jarret was the son of Chicago reporter Vernon Jarret and worked as a director of obstetrics and gynecology.
Unfortunately, Laura was unlucky enough to lose her father (due to cardiac arrest) when she was only ten years old, in 1993. William himself was just 40.
Now living in Washington D.C., Laura married Canadian politician Tony Balkissoon on June 17, 2012. Her father-in-law is a renowned Ontario-based politician Bas Balkissoon. Ex-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder & Ex-President Barack Obama attended the wedding celebrations.
Laura got pregnant for the first time in 2019. Her D.C. colleagues threw Laura a surprise baby shower. The party was attended by popular political journalists like Dana Bash, Poppy Harlow and Wolf Blitzer.
In July 2019, Laura’s baby boy, her son James Anthony Balkissoon, was born. At the time of his birth, James weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces.
Three years later, in July 2022, her second child, daughter June Tahay was born.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Laura attended schools in Chicago and made her way through the American education system with great success, always having a knack for the more intellectual subjects.
After completing high school, Laura attended Amherst College, where she earned her B.A. degree in 2007. Later, she attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 2010 with a law degree.
While at law school, Laura was the new articles selection co-chair and article editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender. She even wrote some original articles on the subjects of gender, violence, and the law.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

Before she was admitted to both the State and Federal bar in Illinois, Laura worked as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Rebecca Pallmeyer and later the Hon. Ann C Williams on the seventh circuit court of appeals.
While practicing law, she mostly works on litigation cases defending companies & individuals involved in government investigations but also devotes significant time to pro-bono cases.
One particular Laura handled was the representation of a sex-trafficking victim for whom she expunged her past convictions.
She continues to work as an Attorney in the private sector, being more selective in the cases she now represents.
Jarrett can also now be frequently seen on TV screens as a political reporter for CNN, based in their Washington D.C. bureau, a role she started in September 2016.
In January 2020, Laura became the co-host of the CNN show “Early Start”, after she replaced
Dave Briggs.

Move from CNN to NBC :

In mid-2022, Laura announced that she is moving from CNN to NBC News, and will start covering the U.S. Department of Justice and Supreme Court coverage from veteran Pete Williams. She started in January 2023 as a senior legal correspondent reporting to Rich Greenberg, working alongside both NBC News’ Washington bureau and their investigative division.
She now appears on NBC’s main news programs and also reports for MSNBC, NBC News Now, and NBC News Digital.
Jarrett had been at CNN for 6 years, as a co-anchor on “Early Start” and also served as a legal analyst for various events.
She is the latest CNN personnel to join NBC News as parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is trying to cut costs.

Life Outside Work :

In her downtime, Laura is a keen reader, and during interviews, she has quoted her favorite books as To Kill a Mockingbird, Anna Karenina, In Cold Blood, The History of Sexuality, and Pretty One Day.
Despite traveling worldwide and throughout America, she still describes her favorite place as her hometown, Chicago, mainly in the summertime.

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