Chanley Painter

Chanley Painter

Chanley Painter is an overnight anchor for FNC.Read More

Since 2019, Painter has served as a legal correspondent and field anchor for Court TV. In this capacity, she covered the high-profile trials of Bryan Kohberger, Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, Alex Murdaugh, Harvey Weinstein, and the death of George Floyd. 

She got her start in the industry in 2016 as a legal analyst for Nexstar Media Group, where she then went on to become a multimedia journalist.

A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, Painter has a bachelor’s degree in political science. She also has a master’s degree in public service from the Clinton School of Public Service and earned a Juris Doctor degree with high honors from the University of Arkansas Little Rock Bowen School of Law. Painter is a former deputy prosecutor licensed in both Arkansas and Tennessee.