Jeffrey Toobin, a lawyer, author, and legal expert for CNN, has a $10 million net worth. Notably, he worked as an assistant lawyer at the Department of Justice during the Iran-Contra scandal and wrote for the New Yorker from 1993 until 2020.

Toobin was dismissed in October 2020 after being caught masturbating on tape during a Zoom video chat with his coworkers.

Who is Jeffrey Toobin?

Jeffrey Toobin was born on May 21, 1960, in New York City, New York, to Marlene, a former CBS and ABC news correspondent, and Jerome, a news producer. He is Jewish and has a younger brother, Mark, who has Down syndrome. In his adolescence, Toobin attended Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School in Manhattan.

He received his higher education at Harvard University, where he covered sports for the Harvard Crimson. Toobin attended Harvard Law School after earning a magna cum laude degree in American history and literature. He graduated magna cum laude again, obtaining his JD in 1986.

Tobin was dismissed in October 2020 after being caught masturbating on tape during a Zoom video chat with his coworkers.

He subsequently worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn for three years until retiring in 1993 to become a legal analyst at The New Yorker. His timing was impeccable. Less than a year later, O.J. Simpson is accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson. The opening statements in the case were delivered on January 24, 1995, and the verdict was declared on October 3, 1995. Toobin revealed that O.J.’s defense was prepared to charge Mark Fuhrman of planting evidence.

In 1996, Toobin published a book titled “The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson” based on his coverage of the case. Decades later, the book inspired the FX series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”. The show earned nine Emmys.

How old is Jeffrey Toobin?

He is currently 63 years old.

What is Jeffrey Toobin’s net worth?

He is estimated to be worth $10 Million.

What is Jeffrey Toobin’s career?

Toobin worked for the New Republic as a freelance writer while still in law school. After passing the bar, he worked as a law clerk for a federal court. Later, during the Iran-Contra incident and Oliver North’s criminal trial in the late 1980s, he worked as an associate lawyer for Independent lawyer Lawrence Walsh. Toobin then served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.

Toobin began writing legal analysis for The New Yorker in 1993. Three years later, he began working for ABC News as a television legal expert. Throughout his career, Toobin has provided legal analysis in a number of high-profile cases.

He was the one who revealed that O. J. Simpson’s defense team intended to charge Mark Fuhrman of planting evidence. Toobin also discussed O. J. Simpson’s civil case and prosecutor Kenneth Starr’s probe against Bill Clinton. In 2000, he received an Emmy Award for his reporting on the Elián González custody case.

Toobin joined CNN in 2002 and later became the channel’s lead legal commentator. Notably, he secured the first interview with Martha Stewart about her insider trading allegations. Toobin also looked into Michael Jackson’s 2005 child abuse trial.

Toobin has had a successful career as a nonfiction author, in addition to his legal analysis for television and newspapers. His first, published in 1991, was “Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer’s First Case: United States v. Oliver North.”

Five years later, Toobin released “The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson,” which served as the basis for the 2016 FX miniseries “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.” Toobin’s third book was titled “A Vast Conspiracy: The True Story of the Sex Scandal That Almost Destroyed a President.”