Jeanine Pirro Biography
A native of Elmira, New York, United States, Jeanine Pirro is a well-known American politician, a former New York State judge, conservative television host, prosecutor, and author. However, she was the host of Fox News Channel’s Justice with Judge Jeanine until 2022 when she became a co-host of The Five.
Jeanine Pirro Age
Pirro is 70 years old as of 2021. She was born on 2 June 1951 in Elmira, New York, United States. She celebrates her birthday on 2 June every year.
Jeanine Pirro Height
Pirro stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches(1.63m) tall and her body weight is 58 Kilograms.
Jeanine Pirro Education
She graduated from Notre Dame High School in Elmira in three years, interning in the Chemung County District Attorney’s office during her time in high school. However, she then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University at Buffalo. She acquired her J.D. degree at Albany Law School of Union University in 1975, where she was an editor of the law review
Jeanine Pirro Family
Pirro was born and brought up in Elmira, New York, the daughter of Lebanese-American parents. Her mother was a department-store model and her father was a mobile-home salesman, who spent much of her childhood in Beirut. Her parents were Maronite Catholics. She has a sister named Lulu.
Jeanine Pirro Husband
Jeanine Pirro married Albert Pirro, whom she had met while she was in law school. After marriage, they moved to Harrison, New York, where she worked as an assistant district attorney and he took up a job as a lobbyist. The two partners have a son and a daughter Christi Pirro and Alexander Pirro.
By the late 1990s, her husband Albert had become an associate of Donald Trump and an assertive lobbyist. He became a millionaire, possessed a house in Harrison, and vacation property in West Palm Beach, a Ferrari, and two Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
In 2000, Jeanine’s prestige was at stake when her husband Albert Pirro was sent to jail for federal tax evasion of millions. Her career was so badly impacted that she thought of quitting her role as Westchester District Attorney. She herself was blamed for using Albert’s corporate credit card to get a personal oil image made and for using her district attorney’s letterhead to bargain a personal deal with the artist.
Jeanine Pirro Net Worth
Pirro has an estimated net worth of $14 million dollars.
Jeanine Pirro Career
Pirro has been a frequent supporter of the syndicated morning talk show The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. She has been a guest analyst on Today, Fox NY Good Day New York. She is a Fox News legal analyst appearing on different shows and has guest-hosted shows such as Geraldo at Large, The Joy Behar Show, and Larry King Life. She was a regular guest on Fox’s late-night comedy show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.
In 2003, Pirro released the nonfiction book To Discipline and Guard, describing life inside the criminal justice system. In 2012, with the help of author Pete Earley, Pirro wrote the novel Sly Fox based on her own experiences as a 25-year-old assistant district attorney in Westchester.
She appears in the HBO six-part serial The Jinx, recounting her perspective on the 1983 disappearance of Kathie Durst, a high-profile case for which she was the investigating attorney. Pirro was the host of the American reality primetime court show You the Jury, withdrawn after two episodes.
Jeanine Pirro Lawsuit
On February 4, 2021, Pirro was named in the complaint “Smartmatic Files $2.7 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox Corporation. The criticism states that “Fox News’ disinformation campaign had a direct and harmful impact on Smartmatic’s ability to conduct business in the United States and around the world”.
Smartmatic declares that Fox News Network, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs, and Jeanine Pirro, were primary bases of false information which was repeated by bloggers, influencers around the world, over other media outlets, and journalists. A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled in March 2022 that the suit against Fox News and others could proceed, though he dismissed allegations against Pirro.
Jeanine Pirro Books
- Don’t Lie to Me: And Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom 2020
- Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge: The Left’s Plot to Remake America 2019
- Liars, Leakers, and Liberals 2018
- He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice 2015
- Clever Fox: A Dani Fox Novel 2013
- Sly Fox: A Dani Fox Novel 2012
- To Punish and Protect: Against a System That Coddles Criminals 2003
- Untitled Memoir
Jeanine Pirro Movies and Tv Shows
- Justice with Judge Jeanine 2011 – 2022
- God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness 2018
- You the Jury 2017
- The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst 2015
- Judge Jeanine Pirro 2008 – 2011
- The Five Since 2011
- God’s Not Dead: We the People
- Castles USA Since 2021
- Today Since 1952
- Road to the Conventions: A Justice Special Since 2016
- Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls Since 2018
- 10 Minute Justice Since 2018
- Black Start You the Jury: Extras Since 2017