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- Full Name Mercedes Colwin
- Nationality American
- Occupation Legal Analyst at Fox News Channel
- Brother Arthur
- University New York University
- Education Bachelor of Arts in English
- Relationship Status Married
- Husband Len
Mercedes Colwin | Biography
American Journalist and AnchorMercedes Colwin is a well-known journalist and legal analyst. She is best known for her appearance on the Fox News channel (FNC) as their legal analyst.
Who is Mercedes Colwin?
Mercedes Colwin is a successful lawyer, administrative law judge, and legal analyst currently working on the Fox News Channel (FNC). She is also the founding member of Gordon and Lees' Office in New York, where she handles various litigations.
Colwin has defended thousands of her cases and won over 90% of trials and arbitrations in her law career. She is regularly litigating the cases of business disputes and even defended executives of various corporations from Fortune 500 Companies who are accused of sexual misconduct cases. She also worked as an Administrative Law Judge for the New York State Division of Human Rights for nine years. She monitored over three thousand claims brought under federal and state discrimination laws.
Colwin has received several awards and honors for contributing to her law career. She was honored with the Nation's Most Powerful Rising Employment Attorneys by the Human Resources Magazine. In addition, Forbes Business American Airlines named her as one of the six most influential women in America. She has also achieved various other awards for her significant role in her leadership attributes.
Age, Early Life, Family, and Education
Mercedes Colwin has not revealed her age, birthdate, and birthplace to the public. She also has not disclosed about her family. However, she said that she had a brother Arthur who is no more now. She has shared a picture of her brother on her Instagram on his birth anniversary.
Regarding academics, Colwin holds a Juris Doctor Degree from the Brooklyn Law School and graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English from New York University.
Mercedes Colwin In Fox News
Mercedes Colwin joined Fox News Channel in 2005. Since then, she has regularly served as a legal analyst for the channel.
In her 17 years tenure at FNC, she has succeeded in a total of 48 different legal cases of jurisdictions throughout the country. However, besides her achievement at the channel, she also made it to the news headlines of several major media in the USA for her controversial comments regarding sexual harassment victims. In November 2017, on a Fox News show Hannity, she said that victims of sexual predators are "very few and far between." Her comment on the show offended some viewers and sexual assault survivors. Moreover, many people also threw outrageous comments and backlashed her on social media.
After receiving criticism from the public, she left the leadership of her law firm. She also apologized publicly via a tweet on her official Twitter account. She wrote, "First and foremost, I am profoundly sympathetic of anyone who has been the victim of sexual harassment and believe they deserve full and complete protection under the law. (1)"
Is Mercedes Colwin Married?
Mercedes Colwin is married to her husband, Len. She has not shared much information about her love life, marriage, and wedding date with the authentic media. However, she recently shared a picture of her marriage anniversary on her Instagram handle on 6 January 2022. Alongside the photo, she wrote a loving anniversary wish for her husband. she writes,
"Happy anniversary to the love of my life, my husband, Le! I am incredibly blessed to be your wife. I love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow! I am forever yours. â¤ðŸ’‹â¤"