Jami Floyd Jami Floyd, who joined Court TV in February 2005, is the anchor of her own daily program Jami Floyd: Best Defense (11am-1pm). Floyd had previously been an anchor and correspondent at the network from 1996-1998, covering major national stories, such as the O.J. Simpson trial, the Oklahoma City bombing trials, and the infamous "Nanny Murder Trial" (Mass. v. Louise Woodward), as well as several landmark cases involving the tobacco industry. Before returning to Court TV, Floyd was a correspondent for ABC News, contributing to breaking news reports, as well as long-form coverage for newsmagazines and Nightline. She also served as co-anchor on "World News Now" and as an anchor on "Early Morning News." While at the network, she covered stories including the 1998 Capitol Hill shooting, the high-profile Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo trials in New York and several landmark Supreme Court cases. She also contributed to coverage of the disputed 2000 presidential election, reported from Ground Zero in the days and weeks following the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, and filed reports on the Anthrax attacks that same year. From 1999 to 2001, Floyd served in the ABC News Law & Justice Unit. As the news division's legal correspondent, she contributed to all ABC News broadcasts, including World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Good Morning America and Nightline. After graduating with honors from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, Floyd served as a law clerk for the California Supreme Court. She then joined the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, where she practiced civil and criminal law. In 1993, she joined the Office of the San Francisco Public Defender, where she continued her work as a trial attorney. In late 1993, Floyd moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as a White House fellow, assigned first to the office of First Lady Hillary Clinton, and later, to the office of Vice President Al Gore. Following that, Floyd returned to San Francisco and segued into television broadcasting as a legal analyst at KPIX-TV. In 1995, she joined the CBS newsmagazine, Day & Date, also as a legal analyst. Floyd holds a B.A. in political science from Binghamton University. In addition to her JD, she holds a Master of Laws degree from the Stanford Law School, where she also taught. She has twice been awarded both the CINE Golden Eagle Award and the U.S. International Film & Video Festival Gold Camera Award. Her other awards include the PPFA Maggie Award, and the NABJ Salute to Excellence. She has twice been nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award and has received both a Murrow Award and Unity Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association. Jami Floyd back to our guests ... Print-Version