Judge Jeanine Pirro Net Worth

What is Judge Jeanine Pirro’s Net Worth and Salary?

Judge Jeanine Pirro, a former Assistant District Attorney and the first female judge and District Attorney in Westchester County, has a net worth of $14 million. She gained media attention for her work as Chair of the New York State Commission on Domestic Violence Fatalities, and has run unsuccessfully for the 2006 Republican Senate nomination and for the position of Attorney General. She has appeared on her own show, “Judge Jeanine Pirro,” on The CW, and currently hosts “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on Fox News. Pirro has also authored several books, including “To Punish and Protect: A DA’s Fight Against a System That Coddles Criminals” and “Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy.”

In addition, Pirro has published novels, including “Sly Fox: A Dani Fox Novel” and “Clever Fox: A Dani Fox Novel,” as well as non-fiction works such as “He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest For Justice,” “Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge: The Left’s Plot to Remake America,” and “Don’t Lie to Me: and Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom.”

Judge Jeanine Pirro’s Salary

Judge Jeanine Pirro earns $3 million annually.

Jeanine Pirro’s Background

Jeanine Pirro was born in Elmira, New York, in 1951. She grew up in a Maronite Catholic household with Lebanese-American parents and a sister named Lulu. Pirro knew she wanted to become an attorney at the age of six and interned at the Chemung County District Attorney’s office while in high school. She graduated from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Arts degree and went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Albany Law School of Union University in 1975, where she served as an editor of the law review.

Jeanine Pirro’s Career in Law and Politics

Jeanine Pirro began her career in law as an Assistant District Attorney in Westchester County. She requested that her boss apply for a grant that would establish bureaus specializing in domestic violence and was appointed chief of the Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Bureau in 1978. After serving as Westchester County’s first female judge, Pirro became the first female Westchester County District Attorney in November 1993. She was re-elected in 1997 and 2001 and became the New York State District Attorneys Association’s first female president in 2001. Pirro’s profile rose after the Anne Scripps Douglas-Scott Douglas murder-suicide in December 1993/January 1994 led to frequent media appearances, and she often appeared on news programs to talk about the O.J. Simpson case in June 1994.

Political Career

In 1986, Jeanine was announced as the running mate of Andrew O’Rourke, Westchester County Executive, in the New York Lieutenant Gubernatorial race, but she withdrew her name two days later. In August 2005, Pirro announced her intention to seek the Republican nomination to run against Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate election. She dropped out of the race four months later. During the campaign, Jeanine incurred $600,000 in debt to vendors, which remained unpaid as of 2019. In 2006, Pirro was the Republican candidate for Attorney General of New York but lost to Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo.

Judge Jeanine Pirro’s Media Appearances

Jeanine Pirro has made numerous appearances on shows as a guest analyst, legal analyst, or guest host, including “Today,” “Larry King Live,” and “Geraldo at Large.” She has also contributed to “The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet.” Pirro appeared in the HBO documentary miniseries “The Jinx,” sharing her experiences as the investigating attorney in the disappearance of Kathie Durst.

From September 2008 to May 2011, Pirro starred on the weekday TV series “Judge Jeanine Pirro” on The CW. In January 2011, she began hosting “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on Fox News, which has aired more than 350 episodes as of this writing. In 2017, she hosted the Fox series “You the Jury,” but it was cancelled after just two episodes.

Jeanine Pirro’s Personal Life and Controversies

Jeanine Pirro married Albert J. Pirro, Jr. in 1975 and the couple had two children. Albert was later indicted and found guilty of tax evasion, resulting in a prison sentence. The couple separated in 2007 and divorced in 2013. Jeanine was pulled over for speeding in 2017 and pleaded guilty to the charge. She revealed in her book that she was diagnosed with cancer six years earlier. In 2019, she was suspended from Fox News for Islamophobic remarks about a Congresswoman. In 2021, Pirro and other Fox News personalities were sued for perpetuating lies about the 2020 election being stolen.

Judge Jeanine Pirro’s Westchester County Home

In 1988, Judge Jeanine Pirro and her husband Albert paid $425,000 to have a 7,882 square foot home built for them in Westchester County, New York. Over the years, the couple has listed the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home for sale several times, starting with a price of $5.2 million in 2000. In 2007, they listed the property for $4.295 million, and in 2015, they tried again with an asking price of $4.995 million.

After failing to sell the home, Judge Pirro lowered the asking price to $3.8 million in 2017. She later dropped the price to $3.4 million in August 2018.

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