Sunny Hostin
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| Sunny Cummings Hostin | ||
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| Born | October 20, 1968 | |
| Birth place | New York City, New York, U.S. | |
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| Occupation | CNN Legal Analyst, Kroll Inc. Managing Director | |
| Notable credit(s) | American Morning legal analyst (2007-Present) |
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Asunción “Sunny” Hostin was born on October 20, 1968 and is CNN’s legal analyst for American Morning and a Managing Director at Kroll Inc., a private investigation and security firm.
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[edit] Background
Hostin was born and raised in New York City by her Puerto Rican mother, Rosa Beza and her African-American father, William Cummings. She is fluent in Spanish.
Hostin earned her Bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University, NY, where she won a four year scholarship for academic achievement. She later attended the University of Notre Dame Law School, where she was granted an academic scholarship. Hostin was a member the National Trial Team, and was awarded the prestigious American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy in her final year at Notre Dame Law School. She also joined and is currently a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
[edit] Career
Hostin began her career as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert M. Bell, now the Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, Maryland’s highest court. She went on to work as an associate at a law firm in Maryland and later became a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, reputed for having the nation’s smartest lawyers. Hostin left the Antitrust Division to become an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia. She became known as a hard as nails federal prosecutor. She specialized in child sex crimes, and was awarded a Special Achievement Award for her work putting sex offenders in jail.
She began her television career as a commentator for Court TV. Fox News Channel then offered Sunny a spot on the weekly show The O’Reilly Factor, where she appeared on “Is It Legal?” and regularly debated with Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly. CNN President Jon Klein quickly signed her to the network in September 2007 as the legal analyst for its flagship morning show, American Morning. Sunny now writes her own news column for CNN called “Sunny’s Law”, which includes articles, photos and videos about breaking legal issues.
She is also currently the youngest Managing Director of Business Intelligence and Investigations at Kroll, the world’s leading investigative firm. She manages teams of investigators all over the world, uncovering fraud and corruption.
[edit] Family
Hostin lives with her husband, Orthopedic Surgeon Emmanuel Hostin, and two children in Westchester County, New York.
