Franita Tolson Age, Family, Husband Spouse, Parents, Salary (CNN)

Name Franita Tolson

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB Born on August 8, 1980. As of 2025, she is around 45 years old.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Franita Tolson is an American law professor and election law analyst.
Since 2017, she serves as the Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of Southern California (USC Gould School of Law).

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

Franita Tolson was born on August 8, 1980.
She attended Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, from 1998 until 2001, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.
Franita then attended the University of Chicago Law School from 2002 until 2005, achieving a Doctor of Law degree. While there, she was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. She also received an award – the Thomas Mulroy Prize for Oral Advocacy, at the Hinton Moot Court Competition.
From 2003 to 2004, Franita was a research assistant under Professor Cass Sunstein, working on the project ‘Are Judges Political? An Empirical Analysis of the Federal Judiciary’.
Franita is married, and she has three children – A son, Alex, and two daughters – Izzy and Brianna. Franita’s eldest daughter Brianna is seventeen years old (age as of 2024).
She resides in Los Angeles (California) after stints in Tallahassee (Florida), Chicago (Illinois), and St Louis (Missouri).

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

Franita worked as a summer associate for Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP in St Louis, Missouri, in the summer of 2003. From 2004 to 2005, she was also a summer associate and law clerk for Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, Illinois.
Franita was then a law clerk for the Hon. Ruben Castillo and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 2005 to 2007.
From 2007 to 2008, Franita was a law clerk for the Hon. Ann Claire Williams and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, also in Chicago.
From 2008 to 2009, she was a visiting Assistant Professor at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.
From 2009 to 2014, Franita worked at the Florida State University College of Law in Tallahassee, Florida. She was initially an Assistant Professor, then an Associate Professor with tenure, then the Betty T. Ferguson Professor of Voting Rights.
In February 2016, Tolson spent the month as a Visiting Professor of law at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law. She then became a Professor of Law there in June 2017, a role she has held since. She is also the Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs.
Franita is going to be a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School in the spring of 2021.
During the 2020 Presidential elections, Franita was one of CNN’s key legal analysts.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

Franita is the published author of In Congress We Trust?: The Evolution of Federal Voting Rights Enforcement from the Founding to the Present. She’s also written several book chapters and numerous essays and articles, particularly about the law.
She is a member of the American Constitution Society.
Her eldest daughter, Brianna, frequently bakes for the family and Franita is a fan of her experiments.
Franita Tolson Sorority : Alpha Kappa Alpha