Mari Fagel aka The Legal Lady brings you insightful analysis into the legal stories making headlines, with entertaining and interesting opinions you won’t find elsewhere on her site The Legal Lady.

Mari is a news reporter and entertainment host based in New York City who is heading back to her hometown of Los Angeles to attend UCLA Law School. Mari is taking her knack for news, her legal studies and her passion for entertainment to bring you the latest legal news updates everywhere from Hollywood to the nation’s capital.

Head on over to her site The Legal Lady, where you’ll find breaking news updates from the courts, as well as original reporting and analysis about the biggest legal scandals. In addition to daily blog posts, Mari hosts Law and Order with The Legal Lady, a weekly online video podcast wrapping up the headlining legal stories of the week.

Mari is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, Yahoo, BlogHer and Galtime. Her legal analysis has also been featured on CNN & HLN online.

When she’s not writing about the latest celebrity behind bars or covering the courts, you can catch Mari on NY1 News, where she shoots, writes and edits her own on-air local news stories. She also hosts weekly aftershow podcasts on AfterBuzzTV for the top reality shows on television, including Real Housewives, Keeping up with the Kardashians, America’s Next Top Model and Teen Mom. Mari attended Northwestern University, where she received both a masters and bachelors from the Medill School of Journalism.

If you have a legal news tip or want to share your thoughts, email her at thelegalady@gmail.com and follow her on Twitter @legaladytweets or @MariFagel