Lauren Lake

About

Lauren Laniece Lake (born July 12, 1969) is an American family lawyer, television judge, and talk show presenter.
Lake has performed in guest hosting and news anchoring positions for various talk shows and reality legal programs. In much of her guest hosting, she has discussed racial, ethnic, gender, and political issues. She was the host of HGTV’s how-to series Spice Up My Kitchen.
Lake is best known for arbitrating as the presiding judge over her own tabloid talk/nontraditional courtroom series, Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court. The series ran for seven seasons and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award five times, including a win in 2019.

Lake was born in Detroit, Michigan. Describing her parents, Lake said, “These were Black people who fought their way through, one Ph.D. at a time, so they were big on education.” As a child, Lake sang, danced, and acted in plays. Lake attended Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and was a National Merit Scholar in 1986.
In May 1990, Lake earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She earned a secondary teacher certification that same year. In May 1993…