Jean Casarez is a Mexican-American lawyer and
news correspondent. She was born and raised in Long Beach, California, USA. Her
date of birth is April 20, 1960. She graduated from the University of Southern
California and got her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School
of Law, Los Angeles. As a law student, she won the first place in a statewide
Moot Court competition and assisted in the preparation of a Writ of Certiorari
for the US Supreme Court. She also worked as a clerk in Gallagher and Tratos,
Nevada. She is a member of the bars in
Nevada and Texas and holds a registered license in the Southern District of
Texas Federal Court.