Sunny Hostin

Attorney and journalist Sunny Hostin recently joined ABC News as Senior Legal Correspondent & Analyst. It’s a return to ABC News for Sunny, who was part of the World News Now and America This Morning team filling in as co-anchor. She spent the past six years at CNN. Before joining CNN, Hostin was an ABC News anchor and appeared on the Fox News Channel, where she was seen weekly on the "Is It Legal" segment on "The O'Reilly Factor," sparring with Megan Kelly and Bill O'Reilly on various provocative issues and high-profile cases. As a federal prosecutor, she was awarded with a Special Achievement Award by then Attorney General Janet Reno for her prosecution of child sexual predators and work with child sex abuse. Hostin was also a Managing Director of Business Intelligence and Investigations at Kroll, the world's leading risk-consulting company. At Kroll, she led groups of investigators all over the world to investigate and uncover fraud. She received her undergraduate degree in Communications from Binghamton University and her law degree from Notre Dame Law School. A native of New York City, Hostin lives with her husband and two children in Westchester County, New York.