October
Jeffery Toobin

Jeffrey Toobin, born in New York City in 1960, hails from a Jewish-American family. His parents are Marlene Sanders, a former ABC News and CBS News correspondent, and Jerome Toobin, a news broadcasting producer. Toobin’s younger brother, Mark, was born with Down syndrome and has lived apart from the family.

Toobin’s educational journey includes attending Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School. During his undergraduate studies at Harvard College, he covered sports for The Harvard Crimson. Graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American history and literature, he was also awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Toobin continued his education at Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review and graduated in 1986 with a J.D. magna cum laude.

His career highlights encompass freelancing for The New Republic while still a law student, working as a law clerk to U.S. circuit judge J. Edward Lumbard, serving as an associate counsel during the Iran–Contra affair and Oliver North’s criminal trial, and later becoming an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.

Toobin’s book, “Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer’s First Case: United States v. Oliver North” (1991), based on his work in the Office of Independent Counsel, stirred controversy due to revealing material that should have remained private. Despite the controversies, Toobin’s legal and literary contributions continue to impact legal discourse and public understanding of significant events.