Legal Correspondent
In Session On Trutv (Formerly Court Tv) & Hln
New York, Ny
In 1994, Karas joined Court TV as it was celebrating its third year on the air. During her 19 years at Court TV (later renamed In Session on truTV) as a on-air correspondent, Karas has covered many of the highest profile cases including Jodi Arias, the Arizona woman charged with capital murder in the killing of her ex-boyfriend, Casey Anthony, the Florida mother acquitted of murdering her toddler, Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky, convicted of molesting 11 boys over a 15-year period, and Illinois cop Drew Peterson, convicted of drowning his third wife.She also has covered the trials of Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy when he set up a webcam to watch his roommate’s sexual encounter with another man, O.J. Simpson, convicted of robbery in Nevada after he stole his own memorabilia from two men in a Las Vegas hotel, and Kobe Bryant, accused of rape in a Colorado hotel.Karas has evolved into a multi-platform journalist. She has appeared as a legal expert on virtually every cable and network news programs, including Nightline, Dateline, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, CNN’s AC360, HLN’s Nancy Grace and Jane Velez-Mitchell, and Inside Edition. Karas has provided legal analysis and reporting to radio stations across the country, written articles published on CNN.com, and offered reports for other online media outlets. In addition to her work as a broadcast journalist and legal analyst, Karas is a sought after speaker and panelist on high-profile crime and punishment. As a lawyer and a journalist, Karas provides legal analysis along with on-the-scene insight and commentary to legal groups as well as the broader public.