Karen learned the law through her varied legal experience. She began her
career like many lawyers, serving as a public defender. She moved on to serve
as a prosecutor, served in private practice, until being appointed Corporate
Counsel for the city of Jersey City, New Jersey by its then mayor Glenn D.
Cunningham. Ms. Desoto was the youngest person, first Hispanic and first woman
to ever hold that post.
A Glimpse Of Desoto’s Successful Career – Glorious Past, Bright Future
Karen
DeSoto, is a popular NBC News on-air legal analyst that remains active in her
community -- on issues concerning equal rights, workplace discrimination, and
children issues. In 2014 she also accepted an invitation to join the political
science department at New Jersey City University (NJCU) as a Professor. And
additionally, she is co-director of the NJCU School of Business Institute for
Dispute resolution.
Ms. DeSoto
gives back as time permits, often as a public speaker at various events,
including youth functions.
As on-air legal analyst on NBC
News, she also appears on various shows on MSNBC, the Today Show, and from time
to time on other networks, such as ABC News, CNN Headline News, and FOX. She provides
legal insights into high-profile cases and trials in the news. These have
included the Oscar Pistorius trial, Rachel Canning (a teenage student that
filed a lawsuit against her parents), the American hikers being held on
espionage charges in Iran, Douglas Kennedy, John Edwards, th Rutgers University
spy-cam case, the Murray Conrad trial regarding the death of Michael Jackson,
Bill Cosby, Robert Durst trial, Aaron Hernadez trial, and the Boston Marathon
Bombing.
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