A lifelong resident of New Jersey, DeSoto has handed innumerable cases in the areas of criminal defense, civil rights, and employment discrimination. Ms. DeSoto is an on-air legal analyst and commentator for NBC News who also appears — or has appeared — on The Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN and others. In her role as a media commentator, DeSoto explains and discusses to viewers fact-specific legal strategies and theories corresponding to national legal news and criminal cases.[…]