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| occupation = Author, television journalist, and former state elected judge.
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| credits = Former Texas state judge and host of ], author of The Case Against Lawyers, A Deadly Game, Contempt, Final Analysis, and Patriot Acts.
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'''Catherine Jean Crier''' (born November 6, 1954) is an American television personality and a former district court judge. '''Catherine Jean Crier''' is an ] ] and ] of ''A Deadly Game'' and ''The Case Against Lawyers''.


She was the youngest elected state judge in Texas history at age thirty and served as a Texas State District Judge for the 162nd District Court.<ref name="Walker says Reagan, not Crier, ousted him">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED6178D126086B5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Walker says Reagan, not Crier, ousted him|last=McGonigle|first=Steve|date=November 7, 1984|work=The Dallas Morning News|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref><ref name="Catherine Crier">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CD4389A1B409&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Catherine Crier|last=Reischel|first=Diane|date=March 10, 1985|work=The Dallas Morning News|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref>
Crier was born in ], to Will Thomas Crier Jr. and Virginia Ann Priddy. Crier graduated from ] and ], from which she earned Bachelor of Arts in political science and international affairs. In college, she was a member of the ] sorority. She received her ] from ].


Crier is currently a managing partner in Cajole Entertainment, developing television, film, and documentary projects.<ref name=PatriotActs.com>{{cite web|last=Crier|first=Catherine|title=Biography|url=http://www.patriotacts.com/bio|accessdate=22 August 2012}}</ref> She regularly appears as a guest contributor and panelist on various news programs, conducts speaking engagements across the country, and blogs for '']''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blog Entries by Catherine Crier|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-crier|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=22 August 2012}}</ref> Her fifth book, ''Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic'', was published in 2011. Her current events blog was launched to coincide with publication of the book.
Crier served as a Texas State District Judge for the 162nd District Court in ]. She subsequently became the youngest elected state judge in Texas history at age thirty. From 1982 to 1984, Crier was a civil litigation attorney in Dallas; prior to this, from 1978 to 1981, an Assistant District Attorney and Felony Chief Prosecutor for the ] District Attorney's office.<ref></ref>


==Early life==
Crier began her TV career at ] where she co-anchored the programs ''Inside Politics ‘92'' and ''The World Today''.<ref name="Shaw to coanchor CNN'S 6 p.m. news">{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8142086.html|title=Shaw to coanchor CNN'S 6 p.m. news|last=Bickelhaupt|first=Susan |work=The Boston Globe|date=October 11, 1989|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref><ref name="20Q: Catherine Crier">{{cite news|url=https://www.playboy.co.uk/life-and-style/interview/79940/3/20Q-Catherine-Crier/|title=20Q: Catherine Crier|last=Resin|first=David|date=August 01, 1992|work=Playboy|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref> Later, ] hired her as a correspondent for '']'' and the newsmagazine '']''.<ref name="CNN's Crier moves to ABC">{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24326466.html?dids=24326466:24326466&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+17%2C+1992&author=Chicago+Tribune+wires.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=CNN%27s+Crier+moves+to+ABC|title=CNN's Crier moves to ABC|date=November 17, 1992|work=Chicago Tribune|pages=20|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref><ref name="The TV Column">{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74063048.html?dids=74063048:74063048&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+17%2C+1992&author=John+Carmody&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=d.04&desc=The+TV+Column|title=The TV Column|last=Carmody|first=John|date=November 17, 1992|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref> After spending three and a half years with ABC News, ] hired her to anchor ''The Crier Report'', a live, nightly talk show.<ref name="Morning Report">{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/16660264.html?dids=16660264:16660264&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+13%2C+1996&author=ART+BERMAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=2&desc=MORNING+REPORT|title=Morning Report|last=Berman|first=Art|date=August 13, 1996|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref> She also covered ] for ]/]. Crier was anchor for a ] program, ''Catherine Crier Live'', a daily show concerning legal news. The show was cancelled on April 27, 2007, after a seven-year run.<ref>, Anne Becker, ], April 10, 2007, retrieved on April 22, 2007.</ref>
Crier was born in ] in 1954 to Ann, a horse breeder and homemaker, and William Crier, a banker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/8/Catherine-Crier.html|title=Catherine Crier Biography (1955?-)|website=www.filmreference.com|accessdate=25 May 2018}}</ref> She has two sisters. In 1970, Crier's family bought a farm in a Dallas suburb where she hauled hay, cleaned stalls, and competed in Arabian horse shows across the Southwest. She attended ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Crier|first=Catherine|title=Patriot Acts|year=2011|publisher=Threshold Editions|location=New York, New York|isbn=978-1-4391-9492-8|page=20}}</ref>


Crier entered the ] at age 16, earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and international affairs, then received a ] in two and a half years from ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Crier|first=Catherine|title=Patriot Acts|year=2011|publisher=Threshold Editions|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1-4391-9494-2|page=304}}</ref>
Aside from her TV work, she has authored several non-fiction books. Crier appeared in the 2006 ] film '']'' in which her role was that of Political Commentator #2 but was credited with the name of Cathleen Crier.

==Career==

===Legal and judicial service===

Crier began her career in law in 1978 in the Dallas County District Attorney's office, starting as an Assistant District Attorney, then becoming Felony Chief Prosecutor. From 1982 to 1984, Crier was a civil litigation attorney with Riddle & Brown, handling complex business and corporate matters.

In 1984, she was elected to the 162nd District Court in Dallas County as a State District Judge, becoming the youngest elected state judge in Texas history.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} During her tenure on the bench, Crier also served as Administrative Judge for the Civil District Courts and worked with the ], National Judicial College, and ]. Shortly after her election to a second term on the bench, a chance meeting with a television news executive led to a career change.<ref name="aeispeakers1">{{cite web|title=Catherine Crier|url=http://www.aeispeakers.com/speakerbio.php?SpeakerID=276|publisher=American Entertainment International Speakers Bureau|accessdate=18 June 2012}}</ref>

===Broadcast journalism career===

In 1990, Crier began her television career at CNN. She was co-anchor of both ''Inside Politics ‘92'', a daily show which followed the 1992 political process, and ''The World Today'', the premier evening newscast. Additionally, she hosted ''Crier & Company'', a live, half-hour news talk show. This show included a panel of female policy experts who discussed popular national and international issues.<ref name="Barrick Lecture Series Profile">{{cite web|title=Barrick Lecture Series|url=http://pac.unlv.edu/barrick.php|accessdate=22 August 2012}}</ref>

Crier joined ] in 1993, where she served as a correspondent on the network's primetime news magazine program '']''.<ref name="Chicago Sun-Times">{{cite news|title=Crier to leave ABC News, host new program for Fox|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=August 13, 1996}}</ref> She was awarded a 1996 Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for her work on the segment "The Predators" which examined nursing home abuses throughout the United States.<ref name="aeispeakers1"/> She was also a correspondent and regular substitute anchor for Peter Jennings on ]'s '']'', as well as a substitute host for ] on '']''.<ref name="Barrick Lecture Series Profile"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D691E53516CB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| title=Catherine Crier|last=Tarrant|first=David|date=April 14, 1996|work=The Dallas Morning News| accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref>

In 1996, Crier became one of the founding television anchors for the ] with her prime time program, ''The Crier Report'', a live, hour-long nightly show, during which she interviewed leading newsmakers of the day. Additionally, she co-anchored the evening news, election coverage and ''Fox Files'', a magazine news show aired on the parent network.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catherine Crier|url=http://premierespeakers.com/catherine_crier/bio|year=2012|publisher=Premiere Speakers Bureau}}</ref>

Crier joined Court TV's team of anchors in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last=Huff|first=Richard|title=Catherine Crier lands on Court|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=January 7, 2000}}</ref> She served as Executive Editor, Legal News Specials, in addition to hosting ''Catherine Crier Live'', a live daily series, covering the day's "front-page" stories. ''Catherine Crier Live'' ran for six years until it was cancelled in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Becker|first=Anne|title=Court TV Cancels Crier|newspaper=Broadcasting & Cable|date=April 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Starr|first=Michael|title=Starr Report: 'Cat ' out of a bag|newspaper=New York Post|date=April 11, 2007}}</ref>

She also was a ] analyst for ] in 2004.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130411122417/http://mobile.ntra.com/news/index/display/MTE2NTI= |date=2013-04-11 }}</ref>

==Writing==

Crier released her ''New York Times'' bestseller, ''The Case Against Lawyers'' in October 2002. Her second book, ''A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation'' became a #1 ''New York Times'' bestseller and was followed by ''Contempt – How the Right is Wronging American Justice'', and ''Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case''. Her fifth book, ''Patriot Acts – What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic'', was published in 2011.


==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
⚫ * ''The Case Against Lawyers: How the Lawyers, Politicians, and Bureaucrats Have Turned the Law into an Instrument of Tyranny – and What We as Citizens Have to Do About It'' ({{ISBN|978-0-7679-0505-3}}, 2003)
Crier's books include:
⚫ * ''Contempt: How the Right Is Wronging American Justice'' ({{ISBN|1-59071-064-9}}, 2005)
⚫ *''Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the ] Murder Case'' 2005. ISBN 978-0061134524
⚫ * ''A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation'' ({{ISBN|978-0-06-084963-4}}, 2007)
⚫ *''Contempt: How the Right Is Wronging American Justice'' 2005. ISBN 978-1590710647
⚫ * ''Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the ] Murder Case'' ({{ISBN|978-0-06-113452-4}}, 2008)
⚫ *''The Case Against Lawyers: How the Lawyers, Politicians, and Bureaucrats Have Turned the Law into an Instrument of Tyranny--and What We as Citizens Have to Do About It'' ISBN 978-0767905053
*''Contempt: How the Right Is Wronging American Justice'' (ISBN 1-59071-064-9, 2005). * ''Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic'' ({{ISBN|978-1-4391-9492-8}}, 2011)
⚫ *''A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation'' 2007. ISBN 978-0060849634


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0187822|name=Catherine Crier}} * {{IMDb name|187822|Catherine Crier}}
* {{C-SPAN|19047}}
* {{cite web | title=Catherine Crier's Bio on Court TV | work=Court TV | url=http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/crierlive/bio.html | dateformat=mdy | accessdate=May 27 2005}}

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American journalist and author
Catherine Crier
Catherine Crier discussing her book about the Susan Polk case, Final Analysis.
BornCatherine Jean Crier
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Author, television journalist, and former state elected judge.
Notable credit(s)Former Texas state judge and host of Catherine Crier Live, author of The Case Against Lawyers, A Deadly Game, Contempt, Final Analysis, and Patriot Acts.
Websitewww.patriotacts.com

Catherine Jean Crier is an American journalist and author of A Deadly Game and The Case Against Lawyers.

She was the youngest elected state judge in Texas history at age thirty and served as a Texas State District Judge for the 162nd District Court.

Crier is currently a managing partner in Cajole Entertainment, developing television, film, and documentary projects. She regularly appears as a guest contributor and panelist on various news programs, conducts speaking engagements across the country, and blogs for The Huffington Post. Her fifth book, Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic, was published in 2011. Her current events blog was launched to coincide with publication of the book.

Early life

Crier was born in Dallas, Texas in 1954 to Ann, a horse breeder and homemaker, and William Crier, a banker. She has two sisters. In 1970, Crier's family bought a farm in a Dallas suburb where she hauled hay, cleaned stalls, and competed in Arabian horse shows across the Southwest. She attended Richardson High School.

Crier entered the University of Texas at Austin at age 16, earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and international affairs, then received a Juris Doctor in two and a half years from Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Career

Legal and judicial service

Crier began her career in law in 1978 in the Dallas County District Attorney's office, starting as an Assistant District Attorney, then becoming Felony Chief Prosecutor. From 1982 to 1984, Crier was a civil litigation attorney with Riddle & Brown, handling complex business and corporate matters.

In 1984, she was elected to the 162nd District Court in Dallas County as a State District Judge, becoming the youngest elected state judge in Texas history. During her tenure on the bench, Crier also served as Administrative Judge for the Civil District Courts and worked with the ABA, National Judicial College, and Texas Legislature. Shortly after her election to a second term on the bench, a chance meeting with a television news executive led to a career change.

Broadcast journalism career

In 1990, Crier began her television career at CNN. She was co-anchor of both Inside Politics ‘92, a daily show which followed the 1992 political process, and The World Today, the premier evening newscast. Additionally, she hosted Crier & Company, a live, half-hour news talk show. This show included a panel of female policy experts who discussed popular national and international issues.

Crier joined ABC News in 1993, where she served as a correspondent on the network's primetime news magazine program 20/20. She was awarded a 1996 Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for her work on the segment "The Predators" which examined nursing home abuses throughout the United States. She was also a correspondent and regular substitute anchor for Peter Jennings on ABC's World News Tonight, as well as a substitute host for Ted Koppel on Nightline.

In 1996, 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 leading newsmakers of the day. Additionally, she co-anchored the evening news, election coverage and Fox Files, a magazine news show aired on the parent network.

Crier joined Court TV's team of anchors in 1999. She served as Executive Editor, Legal News Specials, in addition to hosting Catherine Crier Live, a live daily series, covering the day's "front-page" stories. Catherine Crier Live ran for six years until it was cancelled in 2007.

She also was a horse racing analyst for ESPN in 2004.

Writing

Crier released her New York Times bestseller, The Case Against Lawyers in October 2002. Her second book, A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation became a #1 New York Times bestseller and was followed by Contempt – How the Right is Wronging American Justice, and Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case. Her fifth book, Patriot Acts – What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic, was published in 2011.

Bibliography

  • The Case Against Lawyers: How the Lawyers, Politicians, and Bureaucrats Have Turned the Law into an Instrument of Tyranny – and What We as Citizens Have to Do About It (ISBN 978-0-7679-0505-3, 2003)
  • Contempt: How the Right Is Wronging American Justice (ISBN 1-59071-064-9, 2005)
  • A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation (ISBN 978-0-06-084963-4, 2007)
  • Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case (ISBN 978-0-06-113452-4, 2008)
  • Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic (ISBN 978-1-4391-9492-8, 2011)

References

  1. McGonigle, Steve (November 7, 1984). "Walker says Reagan, not Crier, ousted him". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  2. Reischel, Diane (March 10, 1985). "Catherine Crier". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  3. Crier, Catherine. "Biography". Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  4. "Blog Entries by Catherine Crier". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  5. "Catherine Crier Biography (1955?-)". www.filmreference.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. Crier, Catherine (2011). Patriot Acts. New York, New York: Threshold Editions. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4391-9492-8.
  7. Crier, Catherine (2011). Patriot Acts. New York, NY: Threshold Editions. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-4391-9494-2.
  8. ^ "Catherine Crier". American Entertainment International Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Barrick Lecture Series". Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  10. "Crier to leave ABC News, host new program for Fox". Chicago Sun-Times. August 13, 1996.
  11. Tarrant, David (April 14, 1996). "Catherine Crier". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  12. "Catherine Crier". Premiere Speakers Bureau. 2012.
  13. Huff, Richard (January 7, 2000). "Catherine Crier lands on Court". New York Daily News.
  14. Becker, Anne (April 10, 2007). "Court TV Cancels Crier". Broadcasting & Cable.
  15. Starr, Michael (April 11, 2007). "Starr Report: 'Cat ' out of a bag". New York Post.
  16. Archived 2013-04-11 at archive.today

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