Kathleen Suzanne Phang (born August 1, 1975) is an American attorney, legal analyst, and television host. She hosts ''The Katie Phang Show'', which airs on the weekends on
MSNBC and Thursdays to Fridays on
Peacock.
Early life
Phang was born in
Miami,
Florida. Her father immigrated to the United States from
South Korea at the age of 19. Phang graduated from
Miami Palmetto Senior High School
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in
Pinecrest, Florida. She earned a
Bachelor of Arts in political science from
Yale University and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
University of Miami's
School of Law, graduating in 2000.
[ She then worked for the ]state attorney
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's office in Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in ...
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Career
In 2005, Phang joined WFOR-TV as a legal consultant to discuss the trial of Michael Jackson. The chief assistant to the state attorney, Katherine Fernandez Rundle
Katherine Fernandez Rundle (born March 1, 1950) is the current State Attorney for Miami-Dade County in Florida.
Education
Rundle received a B.A. and M.A. in Criminology from the University of Miami and an LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, Univ ...
, informed her that she needed to quit the role, because Rundle "does not want her assistants providing public legal analysis or commentary regarding criminal trials". Phang instead quit her job with the state attorney's office, keeping the unpaid legal consultant role and joining a private law firm
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. She also covered the trial of Robert Blake and the Terri Schiavo case for WFOR.[ She became a legal analyst for Fox News, and was a frequent guest of Greta Van Susteren.
Phang became a legal analyst for NBCUniversal in 2017. In 2021, Phang appeared with Kevin O'Leary and Ada Pozo on CNBC's ''Money Court'', where they adjudicated financial disputes. In April 2022, she debuted her own show on MSNBC and Peacock, ''The Katie Phang Show'', which airs on weekends on MSNBC and Thursdays to Fridays on Peacock. Phang also hosts 'Class Action', a 12-part documentary podcast following competitive mock trial teams.]
Personal life
Phang and her husband, Jonathan Feldman, live in Miami Shores. They have a daughter.
References
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Living people
People from Miami Shores, Florida
Lawyers from Miami
Yale University alumni
University of Miami School of Law alumni
MSNBC people
American people of South Korean descent
American political commentators
American women podcasters
American podcasters
1975 births