Philip Andrew Holloway is an American attorney and legal analyst known for his work in criminal law and law enforcement issues. [1] Holloway is a legal analyst for Fox News, [2] CourtTV and SiriusXM.
He previously served as a legal analyst for CNN. [3] He also served as criminal defense attorney in Marietta and Cobb County. [4]
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Valdosta State University in 1992. [5] He earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the South Texas College of Law, which he completed summa cum laude in 1996. [6]
He served as police instructor and certified flight instructor, embarked on his legal career following his graduation. [7]
He subsequently served as an officer and judge advocate in the U.S. Navy, further expanding his legal expertise and experience. [8]
Holloway started his legal career in US Navy, and obtained certification as trial and defense counsel from the Naval Justice School's trial advocacy course. [8]
He is admitted to practice law in Georgia, Ohio, and the federal courts and is a member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.
He is the legal analyst for WSB Radio in Atlanta, GA, and has hosted and contributed to true-crime podcasts, including the podcast Sworn and Up and Vanished. [9]
In his 2015 CNN article, Should 11-year-olds be charged with adult crimes?, he argues against trying juveniles as adults, highlighting the risks associated with placing them in adult prisons and suggesting alternative approaches for handling juvenile offenders and emphasizes the need for rehabilitation and alternative programs to address the underlying issues and provide a chance for young offenders to reform. [10]
In the aftermath of the Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward on live T.V. in Virginia in 2015, Holloway has argued that employers and H.R. need to recognize they are “putting lives at risk” when they fail to warn subsequent employers about the dangerous behavior of their former employees. [1]
Holloway commented in Fox News on the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged affair, comparing it to former senator John Edwards case, where he used around $1 million to hide his mistress during his presidential campaign. [2]
He also mentioned that the public saw the Edwards investigation as political efforts to weaponize the justice system and could perceive the same in the case against Trump. [11]
Following trump's prosecution in 2023, Holloway criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, he stated that there is nothing illegal about such arrangements or being a philanderer and that these things happen regularly. [12] the discussions focused on Bragg's actions and decisions, prompting a range of opinions from legal professionals. [11]
Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot is a Dutch convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who was convicted in the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores Ramírez in Lima, Peru. He is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005. After Flores's murder on 30 May 2010 — five years to the day after Holloway's disappearance — Van der Sloot fled to Chile, where he was arrested and extradited back to Peru for questioning regarding the murder.
Jeffrey Ross Toobin is an American lawyer, author, blogger, and legal analyst for CNN.
Gregory Walter Jarrett is an American conservative news commentator, author and attorney. He joined Fox News in November 2002, after working at local NBC and ABC TV stations for over ten years, as well as national networks Court TV and MSNBC.
William Pelham Barr is an American attorney who served as the United States attorney general in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the administration of President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2020.
John Charles Eastman is an American lawyer and former academic who provided advice to then-President Donald Trump on maintaining the presidency and preventing its transition to Joe Biden in the wake of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. He is the founding director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank. He is a former professor and former dean at the Chapman University School of Law. He ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for California's 34th congressional district in 1990, and for the office of California Attorney General in 2010. He is a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Eastman has received widespread attention for his role as attorney to then-president Donald Trump, during which he asserted that vice president Mike Pence could reject election results from individual states in certifying the 2020 United States presidential election.
Cyrus Roberts Vance Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the District Attorney of New York County, New York, also known as the Manhattan District Attorney. He was previously a principal partner at the law firm of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello, & Bohrer, P.C. He is the son of Cyrus Vance Sr., former Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter. Vance did not seek reelection as District Attorney in the 2021 election, and was succeeded by Alvin Bragg. He is currently a partner at Baker McKenzie.
Ann Marie Fitz is an American criminal defense attorney who has appeared as a legal analyst on cable news programs.
Clint Allen Lorance is a former United States Army officer who is known for having been convicted and pardoned for war crimes.
From the 1980s until he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in U.S. federal and state courts, including battles with casino patrons, million-dollar real estate lawsuits, personal defamation lawsuits, and over 100 business tax disputes. He has also been accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault, with one accusation resulting in Trump being held civilly liable.
On January 12, 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that in October 2016, just before the 2016 United States presidential election, Michael Cohen, lawyer for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, arranged a payment of $130,000 to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to stop her disclosing an affair she and Trump allegedly had in 2006. Daniels had signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). At first, Cohen denied Trump had the alleged affair and sought to suppress the allegation based on the NDA, but a month later publicly acknowledged making the payment.
Mary Kay Vyskocil is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and a former United States bankruptcy judge for the same court. President Donald Trump nominated her to the district bench in 2018 and again in 2019, and she was confirmed in 2019.
Vinoo Varghese is an American lawyer who has defended high-profile clients in New York State and federal courts around the country. He provides legal commentary in print and on television. He has appeared on programs such as Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Ingraham Angle, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, and CBS This Morning. A former prosecutor, Varghese is an outspoken critic of the nearly unlimited power of prosecutors. On March 21, 2020, the New York Daily News published an op-ed that Varghese wrote blasting Governor Andrew Cuomo's decision not to include criminal defense lawyers as "essential" in Cuomo's COVID-19 shutdown order. The next day, criminal defense lawyers were deemed "essential." On May 29, 2020, Varghese wrote an op-ed about the Manhattan DA engaging in selective prosecution by prosecuting Yasmin Seweid in 2016 for a false criminal report, but not Amy Cooper in the Central Park “Karen” incident. Two weeks after the publication of this op-ed, then District Attorney Cy Vance, ordered her arrest.
Jennifer Gillum Rodgers is an American attorney and legal analyst at CNN.
Joey Jackson is an American criminal defense attorney with a practice based in New York City. The former NY state prosecutor is a legal analyst for CNN and HLN and frequently contributes to other local and national media outlets as an analyst and legal expert.
Mark Floyd Pomerantz is an American attorney. He is a member of the New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, generally referred to as Paul, Weiss. In February 2021, he left that firm to assist with the Manhattan District Attorney's investigation into the finances of former president Donald Trump until his resignation from the case in February 2022.
Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who serves as the New York County District Attorney, covering Manhattan. In 2021, he became the first African American elected to that office. Bragg had previously served as Chief Deputy Attorney General of New York and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York.
Two related investigations by New York State and City officials were opened by 2020 to determine whether the Trump Organization has committed financial fraud. One of these is a criminal case being conducted by the Manhattan district attorney (DA) and the other is a civil case being conducted by the New York State Attorney General (AG). The DA's case has led to two of the organization's subsidiary companies being found guilty of 17 charges including tax fraud and the indictment of Donald Trump, while the AG has succeeded in imposing an independent monitor to prevent future fraud by the organization.
Elie Honig is an American attorney and legal commentator. He is the senior legal analyst for CNN. Previously, Honig was an assistant United States Attorney.
By 2020, the Manhattan district attorney (DA) had opened a criminal case to determine whether The Trump Organization had committed financial fraud. In December 2022, two of the organization's subsidiary companies were found guilty of 17 charges including tax fraud. On March 30, 2023, Donald Trump was criminally indicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in tandem with an alleged catch and kill operation to suppress negative press during his 2016 campaign, largely revolving around the hush-money payment to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels. Trump is the first former U.S. president to be criminally charged. On April 4, he pleaded not guilty. Further proceedings were set for subsequent months, including a December hearing, with a trial expected in March 2024.
The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump is a pending criminal case against Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. On March 30, 2023, Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury for his alleged role in a scandal relating to hush money payments made to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, making him the first U.S. president to be indicted. Trump faces 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the first degree, carrying a maximum sentence of 136 years if Trump is convicted on all counts.
