Vinnie Politan

Vincent Joseph "Vinnie" Politan (born February 4, 1965) is a former New Jersey county prosecutor, practicing private attorney and broadcast journalist. He serves as lead anchor of Court TV. He hosts and created the primetime show, Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan, which is the highest rated primetime program on the network.

Previously, he co-created and hosted After Dark, a hit show on HLN which featured an in studio jury. It was the network's highest premiering show in its history. Before that he anchored "Prime News with Vinnie Politan" on HLN and HLN Special Report. He co-anchors In Session on the cable network truTV. He previously co-anchored Bloom & Politan: Open Court (alongside Lisa Bloom) and Both Sides (with Kimberly Guilfoyle).

Trials covered by Politan include those of or connected to Jodi Arias, Trayvon Martin, Casey Anthony, Johnny Depp, Alex Murdaugh, Sean "Puffy" Combs, OJ Simpson, Scott Peterson], Kobe Bryant, Darrell Brooks, and Kyle Rittenhouse among many others, since joining Court TV in January 2001. Additionally, Politan hosted the morning radio show Me and Vinnie on Sirius XM radio's Stars Too station.

Politan remained at HLN until 2014 when he declined a contract offer from the HLN Network. In August 2014, he joined the morning broadcast of Atlanta's local NBC Affiliate WXIA, "11 Alive", as lead anchor for the morning weekday news. Born in New Jersey on Thursday, February 4, 1965, Politan graduated from West Orange High School and was captain of the school's basketball team both his junior and senior year - leading the squad to back to back conference championships and a state sectional championship. He attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, receiving an AB in Communication before attending Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.