Laura Coates (Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage)
There is an attorney, Laura Coates, she’s African-American, and she appears on some of the cable news shows from time to time.
— a response given by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, when asked by Harvey Levin of TMZ who would be a “good, solid replacement” if Trebek were to retire from the show. Coates, a former Kasowitz Benson associate and assistant U.S. attorney in D.C., currently works as a legal analyst for CNN and an adjunct professor at George Washington University School of Law.
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