Warren Ballentine
| Warren Ballentine | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 13, 1976 Chicago, Illinois |
| Show | The Warren Ballentine Show |
| Country | United States |
Warren Ballentine (born May 13, 1973) is an American motivational speaker, attorney, political activist, and radio talk show host.
Ballentine was born and raised on Chicago's South Side, where he attended and graduated from Lindblom High School in 1992. He is an alumnus of Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from law school at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law in Ada, Ohio. Ballentine joined the Iota Nu Sigma Alumni chapter of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
Upon completion of law school, Ballentine worked as a prosecutor and as a guardian ad litem before going into private practice. He has tried a multitude of cases including: murder, discrimination, sexual assault, police brutality, drunk driving, drugs, gang violence, and domestic relations. He has been admitted to multiple state bars. After being admitted to the D.C. Bar in 2004, however, his law license was suspended for failure to pay his annual dues. He is still licensed in multiple states. On August 26, 2015, the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee, the agency that licenses Illinois lawyers, filed a complaint against Ballentine based on his federal fraud conviction. On September 10, 2015, Ballentine was suspended from the practice of law in North Carolina.
"The Warren Ballentine Show" was syndicated in 37 media markets through Radio One, and was one of the highest-rated urban talk shows in the nation. The show had been covered numerous times by the media since it hit the airwaves. Radio One cancelled the show after Ballentine was indicted.
On his show he discussed ideas and issues targeted not just to the African-American audience, but to a wider audience as well. Ballentine had championed the call for action for the Jena 6 and called for the "National Economic Blackout".
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