Award-Winning Journalist, Former Judge, Television Broadcaster
Program Titles
- Behind the Bench: Big Trials of the 21st Century
- Examining Current Events
- The Case Against Lawyers
- You Make a Difference
- The World is Watching
- Government and Politics in the 21st Century
- Patriot Acts—What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic
- You Make a Difference
Catherine Crier, an Emmy, duPont-Columbia, and Gracie Allen Award-winning journalist and the youngest state judge to ever be elected, joined Court TV’s distinguished team of anchors.
She served as Executive Editor of Legal News Specials and hosted Catherine Crier Live, a fast-paced, live daily series covering the day’s “front-page” stories.
Crier began her television career at CNN. She was co-anchor of Inside Politics and The World Today, the premier nighttime newscast.
She hosted Crier & Company, a live, half-hour news talk show with a panel of female policy experts discussing popular national and international issues.
Crier has developed television, film, and documentary projects.
Former Judge, Journalist, and producer Catherine Crier is An Emmy and duPont-Columbia Award-winning journalist and the youngest state judge ever elected in Texas.
Crier earned her Bachelor of Arts in political science and international affairs & Juris Doctor.
She began her career in law as an Assistant District Attorney and then Felony Chief Prosecutor for the County District Attorney’s office.
Crier was a civil litigation attorney, handling complex business and corporate matters.
During her tenure as a State District Judge, Crier also served as an Administrative Judge for the Civil District Courts and worked extensively on legal issues with the ABA, National Judicial College, and Legislature.
Shortly after her reelection to a second term on the bench, a chance meeting with a television news executive led to a dramatic career change.
Crier was hired to co-anchor CNN’s premiere evening newscast. Additionally, she co-anchored Inside Politics, which covered all election coverage, and hosted Crier & Company, a talk show covering news, politics, and international issues.
Crier joined ABC News and served as a correspondent, a regular anchor for Peter Jennings on ABC’s World News Tonight, and a substitute host for Ted Koppel’s Nightline.
She also worked as a correspondent on 20/20, the network’s primetime news magazine program. Crier was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for her work on the segment “The Predators,” which examined nursing home abuses throughout the United States.
Crier became one of the founding television anchors for the Fox News Channel, with her prime time program, The Crier Report, a live, hour-long nightly show, during which she interviewed the leading newsmakers of the day.
She co-anchored the evening news, election coverage, and Fox Files, a magazine news show aired on the parent network.
Catherine joined Court TV’s distinguished team of anchors. She served as Executive Editor of Legal News Specials and hosted Catherine Crier Live, a fast-paced, live daily series covering the day’s “front-page” stories, until joining Cajole Entertainment.
At the podium, Catherine passionately discusses how lawyers, politicians, and bureaucrats have turned the law into an instrument of tyranny and what we, as citizens, must do about it.
A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation was followed by Contempt—How the Right is Wronging American Justice, and Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case.
Patriot Acts—What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic. Catherine evaluates the domestic and international scene with historical context and political analysis to better understand where the nation is headed.
Books by Catherine Crier, JD: Juris Doctor
- Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case
- A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation
- The Case Against Lawyers
- Contempt: How the Right is Wronging American Justice,
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