Samuel Alito Net Worth

Net Worth:	$2 Million
Date of Birth:	April 1, 1950 (74 years old)
Gender:	Male
Profession:	lawyer and jurist
Nationality:	United States of America

What is Samuel Alito’s Net Worth?

Samuel Alito is a lawyer and jurist who has a net worth of $2 million. As an associate justice, Samuel Alito joined the US Supreme Court in 2006. Before taking a position as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, he served as the US Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Alito, who is regarded as one of the court’s most conservative justices, has written majority opinions in cases like Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Murphy v. NCAA, and—most famously—Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which, in 2022, contentiously overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Childhood

Samuel Alito was born on April Fool’s Day, 1950 in Trenton, New Jersey. Alito attended Steinert High School, where he graduated as the class valedictorian in 1968. Alito was raised in the Hamilton Township area.

He began studying at Princeton University, and in 1972 he graduated with honors from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Alito then enrolled at Yale Law School, where he received his JD in 1975. From September to December 1975, he then served in the US Army.  Alito remained in the Army Reserve for the remainder of his service before being honorably discharged in 1980.

Early Career

In 1976 and 1977, Alito gained his first professional experience in the legal industry while working as a law clerk for Third Circuit appeals judges Leonard I. Garth.

In the years that followed, from 1977 to 1981, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, where he was in charge of prosecuting matters involving organized crime and drug trafficking.

Alito worked as Rex E. Lee’s assistant from 1981 to 1985 before moving on to the Office of Legal Counsel to work as Charles J. Cooper’s deputy assistant attorney general from 1985 to 1987.

Career

Between 1987 and 1990, Alito presided as US Attorney for the District of New Jersey. During that time, he presided over a number of notable trials, including the two-year trial of 20 defendants who were said to be connected to crime boss Anthony Accetturo. Finally, there was an acquittal for all 20.

Also, Alito personally oversaw the trial of the attacker who shot an FBI agent while performing his duties and brought charges against a member of the Japanese Red Army for plotting a bombing in Manhattan. Alito was proposed to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by George H. W. Bush in the early 1990s; in April, he was confirmed as a judge.

On October 31st, 2005, George W. Bush made the announcement that he had chosen Samuel Alito to succeed Sandra Day O’Connor on the US Supreme Court. Due to his vehemently conservative views, which include his anti-abortion attitude, his nomination was received with vehement opposition by many.

Nonetheless, Alito was ultimately approved by the Senate at the end of January 2006 on a 58-42 vote. He authored majority opinions during his first term in cases including Holmes v. South Carolina, Woodford v. Ngo, and Zedner v. United States.

Some of Alito’s harshest criticism has been directed at him because he is against women’s rights. He joined the conservative group in arguing that the Court’s rulings in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey should be overturned, which is notable. An early draft of Alito’s majority opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which was scheduled to be decided in early 2022, leaked and was discussed among the Court.

The ruling would invalidate the precedent-setting rulings of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, drastically curtailing access to abortion, and possibly making it illegal in some states. After much anticipation, the decision was ultimately made in June, setting off worldwide demonstrations.

Relationship

Alito wed Martha-Ann, a law librarian, in 1985. They have two kids together. After Alito was appointed to the Supreme Court, the family first resided in Alexandria, Virginia before moving to West Caldwell, New Jersey.

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