Darren Kavinoky

Darren Kavinoky is an American criminal lawyer and television journalist who is the creator of the television show Deadly Sins on Investigation Discovery. He is also a Certified Intervention Professional,^[1] and is the featured Criminal Interventionist on the Investigation Discovery TV series Breaking Point. Darren is an on-air legal analyst and a special correspondent for the syndicated show The Insider, where he reports on legal, political, and pop-culture issues. Kavinoky has also appeared on The Insider’s sister show, Entertainment Tonight, as well as NBC’s Today Show, Dr. Phil, various shows on CNN Headline News, and many other national and local television and radio programs. Kavinoky also frequently contributes a video blog to The Insider.^[2]

Television

Kavinoky’s first television appearances related to his participation in several high-profile criminal cases, and included expert commentary on NBC’s Today Show, CNN’s Larry King Live,^[3] and many local news shows in Los Angeles, California.^[4]

Kavinoky’s career as an expert began in earnest with the arrest of Mel Gibson for driving under the influence of alcohol in 2006.^[5] Following Kavinoky’s commentary on Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, he was sought out by Court TV to provide expert insight into many other cases, including the Cynthia Sommer murder trial in San Diego, the Phil Spector murder trials in Los Angeles,^[6] and many other significant cases around the United States. Kavinoky became the legal analyst for The Insider following his reporting of the death of Michael Jackson.^[7] He has since traveled around the country for the show, filing reports on topics as varied as the Sarah Palin book tour, Oprah Winfrey’s retirement announcement, the untimely death of Daniel Kerrigan, Jon and Kate Gosselin’s divorce,^[8] the John Edwards sex tape scandal^[9] and the domestic violence prosecution of Charlie Sheen.^[10]

Kavinoky is the co-creator and host of Deadly Sins,^[11] which airs at 9 p.m. each Saturday night (and repeated throughout the week) on Investigation Discovery. The show uses the seven deadly sins as an analytical framework for understanding extreme forms of criminal misbehavior.

Deadly Sins, Investigation Discovery

Keynote Speaking

Darren Kavinoky is an accomplished keynote speaker. He appeared on the cover of the May, 2014 issue of Speaker magazine.^[12] He authored an article for that magazine entitled "As Seen On TV".^[13] He has delivered his signature speech, entitled Be The Billboard, to associations, organizations, and public audiences around the country.^[14] Be The Billboard is an unfiltered look at Kavinoky’s life.

Legal

Kavinoky is the founding attorney of 1-800-NoCuffs, the Kavinoky Law Firm.^[15] He has been recognized many times by his contemporaries.^[16]

He has authored three legal textbooks, including Facing a DUI Charge in California: What You Need to Know,^[17] which answers the most frequently asked questions regarding DUIs.

Awards

Kavinoky was named a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2005 and 2006, and was named a Super Lawyer in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.^[18] He has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in California by the National Trial Lawyers every year since 2007,^[19] and has received an "AV" Rating (highest level of skill and ethical standards) by the Martindale-Hubbell directory.^[20]

Education

• Ashland Sr. High School, Ashland, Oregon (1984)
• University of Oregon, did not graduate^[21]
• San Diego State University, did not graduate (academically disqualified)^[21]
• University of LaVerne, San Fernando Valley College of Law^[22]

Personal life

Kavinoky is married and has one daughter. He is an endurance athlete, having completed seven Ironman Triathlons, and many other marathons and ultramarathons.^[23]

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