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Amy Coney Barrett

Associate justice since Oct. 27, 2020

108 Connections

$2.1M – $8.5M Investments (2023)

2 Gifts

42 Reimbursements

Amy Coney Barrett has disclosed financial or other links to 39 organizations, according to a ProPublica analysis of seven financial disclosures filed since 2016. This includes disclosures from before Barrett was a Supreme Court justice, including nomination disclosures and disclosures from the federal judiciary. We do not have a disclosure for 2017.

Top Connections

Connections are organizations with which the justice has disclosed financial or other relationships. Some are direct financial relationships — for example, when an organization has paid or reimbursed justices — and some are nonfinancial, such as board memberships or universities they attended.

Name Category Mentions
University of Notre Dame Colleges and universities 31
The Federalist Society Nonprofits 13
SouthBank Legal Law firms 6
The George Washington University Colleges and universities 3
Thomas More Society Professional associations 2
Alliance Defending Freedom Nonprofits 2
George Mason University Colleges and universities 2
Supreme Court of the United States Courts 2
Harvard University Colleges and universities 2
Fidelity Banks and financial services 1

Finances

Noninvestment income (18)

Investments (91)

Spousal income (7)

Gifts (2)

Liabilities (19)

Noninvestment income ($1M)

Noninvestment income includes compensation from jobs the justice has had, such as teaching roles; jobs at law firms before they were judges; pension benefits; and royalties for intellectual property, such as books and copyrights.

Report Year Organization Name Amount Purpose
2023 University of Notre Dame $14,947.50 Teaching
2022 University of Notre Dame $29,447.50 Teaching

Teaching income

2021 University of Notre Dame $14,280.00 Teaching

Teaching income

2021 Javelin Group $425,000.00 Royalties

Book royalties

2020 University of Notre Dame $28,000.00 Teaching
2019 University of Notre Dame $27,825.00 Teaching
2018 University of Notre Dame $28,264.45 Salary

“My 2018 outside earned income was $214.45 over the statutory limit. The overage occurred because of my participation in the University of Notre Dame’s continuing education program for alumni. I delivered three lectures that I thought were uncompensated. When I discovered that I had been paid (by direct deposit) and that the amount caused me to exceed the limit. I returned the excess $214.45 to the University of Notre Dame.”

2016 University of Notre Dame $201,548.00 Salary

Salary

2016 Alliance Defending Freedom $2,100.00 Speaking

Honorarium

2016 The Federalist Society $3,000.00 Speaking

Honoraria

2016 Cengage Group $600.00 Speaking

Honorarium

2016 University of Notre Dame $209,676.00 Salary

Salary

2016 Alliance Defending Freedom $2,100.00 Speaking

Honorarium

2016 The Federalist Society $3,000.00 Speaking

Honoraria

2016 National Constitution Center $1,000.00 Speaking

Honorarium

2016 Veritas Forum $3,500.00 Speaking

Honorarium

2016 University of Notre Dame $48,245.00 Salary

Salary

2016 The Federalist Society $1,000.00 Speaking

Honorarium

Investments (2023)

Investments include cash accounts, property, stocks, investment funds, retirement plans and other financial instruments owned by justices, their spouses and dependent children in excess of certain value thresholds or generating more than $200 in income in a year. Justices are not required to disclose information about their personal residences unless they generate rental income.

All Investment Holdings: $2.1M – $8.5M

  Retirement fund (69%)
  Investment fund (25%)
  Money market fund (3%)
  Cash account (2%)
  Unknown (<1%)
  Life insurance (<1%)
Name Category Income Amount Income Type Gross Value Amount Gross Value Method
Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Fund (VFORX )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Retirement Fund $15,001 – $50,000 Dividend $1,000,001 – $5,000,000 Cash Market
Fidelity 500 Index Fund (FXAIX ) Show Transactions (1) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Open Oct. 11, 2023
Investment Fund $1,001 – $2,500 Dividend $250,001 – $500,000 Cash Market
Fidelity Money Market Fund (SPRXX ) Show Transactions (4) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Buy (add'l) July 19, 2023
Buy (add'l) Aug. 2, 2023
Distributed Oct. 11, 2023
Buy Oct. 27, 2023
Money Market Fund $2,501 – $5,000 Int./Div. $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
Fidelity Money Market Fund (SPRXX ) Show Transactions (1) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Open Oct. 11, 2023
Investment Fund $1,001 – $2,500 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
Fidelity Trend Fund (FTRNX ) Show Transactions (1) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Open Oct. 11, 2023
Investment Fund $5,001 – $15,000 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
CollegeChoice 529 (IN) Vanguard US Equity Index Portfolio
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund None $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
Wells Fargo cash account
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Cash Account None $50,001 – $100,000 Cash Market
American Funds New Perspective Fund Class F-2 (ANWFX )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Retirement Fund $2,501 – $5,000 Dividend $50,001 – $100,000 Cash Market
Fidelity cash holding account
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Cash Account $2,501 – $5,000 Interest $15,001 – $50,000 Cash Market
American Funds AMCAP Fund Class F-2 (AMCFX )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $0 – $1,000 Dividend $15,001 – $50,000 Cash Market
American Funds Tax-Exempt Bond Fund Class F2 (TEAFX )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $0 – $1,000 Dividend $15,001 – $50,000 Cash Market
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF (CGGO )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $0 – $1,000 Dividend $15,001 – $50,000 Cash Market
Davis Select Worldwide ETF (DWLD )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $0 – $1,000 Dividend $15,001 – $50,000 Cash Market
Goldman Sachs Dynamic Municipal Income Fund Institutional Class (GSMTX )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $0 – $1,000 Dividend $15,001 – $50,000 Cash Market
American Funds New Perspective Fund Class F-3 (FNPFX )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $0 – $1,000 Dividend $15,001 – $50,000 Cash Market

Spousal income

Spousal income includes earned income from jobs a justice’s spouse has held, as well as honoraria. Justices are required to report a spouse’s income that exceeded $1,000 but are not required to disclose specific amounts.

Report Year Source Description Amount
2023 SouthBank Legal Salary
2022 SouthBank Legal Salary
2021 SouthBank Legal Salary
2020 SouthBank Legal Salary
2019 SouthBank Legal Salary
2018 University of Notre Dame Salary
2018 SouthBank Legal Salary

Gifts ($24K)

Gifts include gifts received by justices, their spouses or their dependent children from any source other than a relative. Justices are only required to disclose gifts whose aggregate value from the same source exceeds a certain threshold ($480 in 2023) within the reporting period and gifts that are individually worth more than 40% of that threshold. This only captures gifts that have been disclosed, which ProPublica reporting shows can be incomplete. Show more.

Report Year Source Description Value
2018 University of Notre Dame Judicial robe and shipping $570.27
2018 University of Notre Dame Catering, flowers and parking for investiture ceremony $23,793.44

Liabilities

Liabilities include debts that exceeded $10,000 at any time during the reporting period for justices, their spouses or their dependent children. Because justices have to report these each year, some debts may show up multiple times in the table. Show more.

Report Year Creditor Description Value
2023 █████████ Tuition agreement $15,001 – $50,000
2023 █████████ College tuition $15,001 – $50,000
2023 Fidelity Credit card $15,001 – $50,000
2022 █████████ Tuition agreement $0 – $15,000
2022 █████████ College tuition $15,001 – $50,000
2022 █████████ College tuition $15,001 – $50,000
2021 █████████ Tuition agreement $0 – $15,000
2021 █████████ Tuition agreement $15,001 – $50,000
2021 █████████ College tuition Repaid
2020 █████████ Tuition agreement $15,001 – $50,000
2020 █████████ Tuition agreement $0 – $15,000
2020 █████████ College tuition $15,001 – $50,000
2019 █████████ Tuition agreement $15,001 – $50,000
2019 █████████ Tuition agreement $0 – $15,000
2019 █████████ College tuition Repaid
2018 █████████ Tuition agreement $0 – $15,000
2018 █████████ Tuition agreement $0 – $15,000
2016 Trinity School at Greenlawn Tuition agreements $0 – $15,000
2016 St. Joseph Grade School Tuition agreements $0 – $15,000

Travel Reimbursements

Reimbursements include any payment or thing of value received to cover travel-related expenses for justices and their families. They can include expenses that the third party paid directly or for which a justice paid upfront and was reimbursed, but justices are not required to report reimbursements’ dollar values. Show more.

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Report Year Date Source Location Purpose Items Paid or Provided
2023 Sept. 23 – 24, 2023 Thomas More Society Austin, TX Speaking

Diocesan Red Mass & Dinner address

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2023 April 7 – 13, 2023 University of Notre Dame London, United Kingdom Teaching

Law school seminar teaching

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2023 April 1 – 2, 2023 Harvard University Cambridge, MA Speaking

Alumni conference address

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2023 Feb. 7, 2023 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Moot Court

Moot court

Food, Transportation
2023 Oct. 16, 2023 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Speaking

Robert A. Stein ’61 Lecture

Food, Transportation
2022 Oct. 8 – 9, 2022 Thomas More Society Richmond, VA Speaking

Diocesan Red Mass & Dinner address

Food, Lodging
2022 Sept. 13 – 18, 2022 American College of Trial Lawyers Rome, Italy Speaking

Annual meeting address

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2022 Aug. 21 – 27, 2022 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Teaching

Law school seminar teaching

Food
2022 Aug. 3 – 6, 2022 Big Sky Labor and Employment Institute Big Sky, MT Speaking

Big Sky Labor and Employment Conference address

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2022 April 2 – 5, 2022 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Simi Valley, CA Speaking

Reagan Library address

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2022 Feb. 13 – 15, 2022 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Speaking

Law Review Symposium lecture

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2021 Sept. 12 – 13, 2021 University of Louisville Louisville, KY Teaching

Lecture teaching

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2021 Aug. 19 – 24, 2021 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Teaching

Law school seminar teaching

Lodging, Transportation
2020 Feb. 28 – 29, 2020 Shakespeare Theatre Company Washington, DC Moot Court

Mock trial program

Food, Lodging, Transportation
2020 Feb. 19 – 23, 2020 University of Notre Dame London, United Kingdom Conference/Symposium

Notre Dame London Law Conference

Food, Lodging, Transportation

Background

Positions

Employment

Agreements

Education

Positions

Positions are those where a justice was an officer, director, trustee, partner, proprietor, representative, employee or consultant for any organization other than the U.S. government at the time the disclosure was filed.

Report Years Organization Title
2018 – 2023 University of Notre Dame Adjunct professor
2016 Trinity Schools Trustee
2016 University of Notre Dame Professor

Employment

Employment is the justice’s job history, including clerkships, private practice experience, earlier judgeships and other government jobs.

Organization Job Title Dates
Supreme Court of the United States Associate justice Oct. 27, 2020 – Present
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit Judge 2017 – 2020
University of Virginia Visiting associate professor 2007
University of Notre Dame Professor 2002 – 2017
The George Washington University John M. Olin fellow in law 2001 – 2002
The George Washington University Adjunct faculty member 2001
Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin LLP Associate 1999 – 2001
Supreme Court of the United States Law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia 1998 – 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Law clerk to Judge Laurence Silberman 1997 – 1998

Agreements

Agreements include any agreements into which a justice has entered, such as employment contracts, continuing payments from former employers and continuing participation in employee welfare or benefit plans maintained by a former employer.

No agreements

Education

Education lists the justice's educational history, including where they obtained their undergraduate and law degrees.

School Degree
University of Notre Dame J.D., 1997
Rhodes College B.A., 1994

About The Data

The bulk of the data we used came from the Free Law Project, which maintains a database of more than 35,000 financial disclosure records for federal judges, justices and magistrates, most of it dating back to 2003. These disclosures, which federal employees are required to file each year under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, are maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The law, however, requires most of them to be destroyed after six years, making many disclosures from earlier years hard to find. Our disclosures cover most of those filed since 2003, as well as some financial information disclosed by some justices during their Senate confirmations in 1990, 1991 and 2000. (Do you have information about a Supreme Court justice’s finances from before 2003? Email us.)

Because much of the data was extracted from PDFs using optical character recognition, we designed our own database and imported and cleaned the Free Law Project’s data to fix scanning and other errors. We corrected spelling errors, edited fields for style and clarity and, where possible, attempted to add contextual information by, for example, categorizing organizations and transactions, standardizing certain fields, updating entity names or filling in missing information.

In some cases, such as when the Free Law Project did not have a specific disclosure or had not extracted data from a report, we extracted or transcribed the data manually.

After cleaning and standardizing the data, we spot-checked it for accuracy, looking primarily for transcription or categorization errors. If you believe you see an error in the database, please contact us at [email protected].

More from Friends of the Court

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