| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Seema Iyer |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | No confirmed information is available on the year she was born. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Seema Iyer Husband / Spouse / Partner | No confirmed information is available. |
| Children / No. of Kids | None |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | South Asian |
| Nationality | Indian-American |
| Why did Seema Iyer leave Court TV? | Her first book was due to be released in April 2020, so she left Court TV to write it. |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Seema Iyer is an American civil rights attorney, former prosecutor, TV legal analyst, producer, host and criminal defense attorney from New York City.
- Smart, compassionate and hard-working, Seema has dedicated her entire career to fighting for rights of various marginalized groups.
Family and Personal Life :
- Seema is of Indian-American descent and can speak Hindi, along with English.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- In 1993, Seema graduated ‘Magna-Cum-Laude’ from the City University of New York’s John Jay College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
- Iyer then went on to study law at the Southwestern University School of Law in LA, California. After two years in the university’s accelerated programme, she earned her Juris Doctor in Law.
- In 2012, she decided to further her studies years later, pursuing post-baccalaureate studies in Biochemistry at the City University of New York. Seema focused on 4 key subjects as part of her studies – Psychiatry, forensic technology, medicine and science.
Legal Career, Salary and Net Worth :
- Seema’s career in law began in January of 1998 when she worked at the Bronx County DA’s office as an Assistant District Attorney. She mainly focused on prosecuting felony and misdemeanor criminal cases.
- In August of 2000, she joined USA Broadcasting Inc. and spent almost one year working as their Manager of Legal Affairs. After leaving the company, she became a Sole Legal Practitioner and opened her own office called The Law Office of Seema Iyer. The firm is based in New York and has been operating for close to two decades.
- Iyer has also worked for the NYPD as a Legal Representative for lieutenants, police officers, and detectives.
- As a legal practitioner, Seema has lent her services to various media platforms in radio and TV and has appeared as a TV legal commentator and analyst across multiple networks such as CNN, MSNBC, Fox, NBC and HLN.
- During the period of 2012 and 2013, she worked for Arise News as a producer and legal contributor.
- In late 2014, Iyer joined MSNBC and worked for almost 2 years as an executive producer and anchor for some of their news shows. She also anchored the LIVE weekly news program The Docket.
- Seema has also hosted, edited and produced a podcast called “The Bollywood Lawyer” which streamed on Stitcher and iTunes. She also has as a part-time anchor for HLN on the show – “Crime and Justice with Ashleigh Banfield.”
- Iyer was also an investigative reporter and anchor for WSYX in Columbus, Ohio, for one year.
- In February of 2019, she landed a gig on Court TV as an anchor and has been appearing regularly on the show for the past few months.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- When she is not working, Seema loves to dance and is actually a professional and decorated dancer, specializing in Classical Hindu Dance.
- Tennis is one of her big interests and she often writes tennis focused articles on the RealSport101 website.
- She previously worked as a volunteer at the Elmhurst Hospital Psych’s ER for two years during the period of 2009 and 2011.
I am so glade to see Seemer back on the air. She will do a good job with the Weinstein case,
Robert Berry
Read online that she had a heated exchange with one of the other hosts.not sure if it was on air or not. Nothing else on her absence was listed but haven’t seen the other hosts either.
why has she left court TV?
I don’t know? Why has Seema Iyer left Court TV?
Seema Iyer is a beautiful lady whom I would love to meet and get to know!!!
I miss seeing you on Court TV, what is the deal ???
I hope she comes back to Ctv its just not the same