Skip to content
ProPublica
Donate
ProPublica
Donate

Samuel Alito

Associate justice since Jan. 31, 2006

202 Connections

$2.9M – $7.4M Investments (2022)

6 Gifts

111 Reimbursements

Samuel Alito has disclosed financial or other links to 90 organizations, according to a ProPublica analysis of 20 financial disclosures filed since 1990. This includes disclosures from before Alito was a Supreme Court justice, including nomination disclosures and disclosures from the federal judiciary. We do not have disclosures for 1991 to 2003.

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
Duke University Colleges and universities 44
Pepperdine University Colleges and universities 6
Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey Bar associations 6
Regent University Colleges and universities 6
New-York Historical Society Nonprofits 5
The Federalist Society Nonprofits 5
University of Notre Dame Colleges and universities 5
Federal Bar Council Professional associations 4
Fordham University Colleges and universities 4
Department of Justice Government 4

Finances

Noninvestment income (34)

Investments (96)

Spousal income (3)

Gifts (6)

Liabilities (4)

Noninvestment income ($379K)

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
2022 Regent University $9,000.00 Teaching
2022 Duke University $15,000.00 Teaching
2022 Duke University $5,250.00 Teaching

Bolch Judicial Institute

2021 Regent University $9,000.00 Teaching
2021 Duke University $15,000.00 Academic - Other
2020 Regent University $9,000.00 Teaching
2020 Duke University $15,000.00 Teaching
2019 Duke University $15,000.00 Teaching
2018 Duke University $15,000.00 Teaching
2018 Duke University $5,250.00 Teaching
2017 Duke University $15,000.00 Teaching
2017 Loyola University Chicago $12,765.00 Teaching
2016 St. John’s College $5,000.00 Teaching
2016 Duke University $5,000.00 Teaching
2016 Tulane University $17,255.00 Teaching

Summer Program

2015 University of Kentucky $6,000.00 Teaching
2015 Duke University $15,000.00 Teaching
2014 Duke University $5,000.00 Teaching
2014 Duke University $15,000.00 Teaching
2013 Duke University $15,000.00 Teaching
2012 Duke University $5,000.00 Teaching
2012 The Pennsylvania State University $15,000.00 Teaching
2012 Duke University $6,955.00 Teaching
2011 Duquesne University $15,000.00 Teaching
2011 Duke University $11,955.00 Teaching
2010 The Pennsylvania State University $15,000.00 Teaching
2010 Duke University $11,955.00 Teaching
2009 Duke University $11,550.00 Teaching
2009 St. Mary’s University $15,000.00 Teaching
2008 Pepperdine University $20,000.00 Teaching
2007 The University of Alabama $4,500.00 Teaching
2007 Pepperdine University $15,000.00 Teaching
2006 Pepperdine University $2,500.00 Teaching
2004 Seton Hall University $6,000.00 Teaching

Investments (2022)

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: $2.9M – $7.4M

  Investment fund (73%)
  Stock (12%)
  Retirement fund (4%)
  Cash account (3%)
  Other (3%)
  Money market fund (2%)
  Bond (1%)
  Life insurance (<1%)
  Unknown (<1%)
Name Category Income Amount Income Type Gross Value Amount Gross Value Method
Vanguard Small-Cap Stock Fund
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $2,501 – $5,000 Dividend $250,001 – $500,000 Cash Market
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $5,001 – $15,000 Dividend $250,001 – $500,000 Cash Market
Vanguard Wellington Fund Show Transactions (1) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Sold (part) March 17, 2022
Investment Fund $15,001 – $50,000 Dividend $250,001 – $500,000 Cash Market
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $5,001 – $15,000 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
PNC Bank accounts
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Cash Account $0 – $1,000 Interest $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
T. Rowe Price Summit Municipal Income Fund I Class (PRIMX ) Show Transactions (2) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Buy April 12, 2022
Sold (part) Dec. 27, 2022
Investment Fund $2,501 – $5,000 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
iShares National Muni Bond ETF (MUB ) Show Transactions (2) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Buy (add’l) March 17, 2022
Buy (add’l) Nov. 2, 2022
Investment Fund $1,001 – $2,500 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio Show Transactions (1) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Buy Aug. 8, 2022
Investment Fund $0 – $1,000 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
T. Rowe Price Virginia Tax-Free Bond Fund (PRVAX ) Show Transactions (1) Hide Transactions
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Sold (part) Nov. 2, 2022
Investment Fund $5,001 – $15,000 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Admiral Shares (VWIUX )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $2,501 – $5,000 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Admiral Shares (VMLUX )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $1,001 – $2,500 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund ETF (VV )
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $2,501 – $5,000 Dividend $100,001 – $250,000 Cash Market
Mineral interest in Grady County, OK
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Other $100,001 – $1,000,000 Rent $100,001 – $250,000 Estimated
Vanguard TE Money Market
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Money Market Fund $1,001 – $2,500 Dividend $50,001 – $100,000 Cash Market
Vanguard Windsor II Fund
Transaction Type Transaction Date
Investment Fund $2,501 – $5,000 Dividend $50,001 – $100,000 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
2010 Hellenic Ideals Program of the Bluegrass Honorarium $2,000.00
2005 Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools
2004 Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools Teaching

Gifts ($6.9K)

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 worth more than $166 and whose aggregate value with other gifts from the same source exceed $415 within the reporting period, generally a calendar year. This only captures gifts that have been disclosed, which ProPublica reporting shows can be incomplete. Show more.

Report Year Source Description Value
2016 Bottega Mortet Bronze cast of hand $3,000.00
2014 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Patriot Award $493.00
2014 Yale University Award of Merit $530.00
2010 Federal Bar Council Learned Hand Award medallion $2,408.95
2008 Washington Golf & Country Club Honorary membership $0.00
2007 Vincent Kickerillo Italian food and wine $500.00

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
2021 Edward Jones Loan $15,001 – $50,000
2020 Edward Jones Loan $15,001 – $50,000
2015 Edward Jones Revolving credit

Personal line of credit for Trust 2

$250,001 – $500,000
1990 First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rochester Mortgage

Real estate mortgage on residence

$202,400

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.

undefined
undefined
Report Year Date Source Location Purpose Items Paid or Provided
2022 July 18 – 22, 2022 University of Notre Dame Rome, Italy Conference/Symposium

Religious Liberty Summit

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2022 May 20 – 21, 2022 Duke University Durham, NC Teaching

Taught class for LLM program

 Food, Lodging
2021 Oct. 15 – 18, 2021 St. Thomas Aquinas College Beverly Hills, CA Speaking

50th anniversary gala speech

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2021 Sept. 28 – 30, 2021 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Academic - Other, Speaking

Meet with students, faculty and administration; lecture

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2021 Nov. 15, 2021 St. John’s University Jamaica, NY Speaking

10th anniversary dinner speech

 Food
2019 March 29 – 31, 2019 Fordham University New York, NY Moot Court

Moot court

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2018 Dec. 15 – 19, 2018 Universität Zürich Zürich, Switzerland Conference/Symposium

Conference

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2018 Dec. 8 – 15, 2018 St. John’s University Rome, Italy Conference/Symposium

Conference

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2018 June 1 – 2, 2018 Duke University Durham, NC Teaching Food, Lodging, Transportation
2018 April 6 – 8, 2018 Fordham University New York, NY Moot Court

Moot court

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2018 March 14 – 15, 2018 Supreme Court Historical Society New York, NY Ceremony

Gala

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2018 Jan. 2 – 6, 2018 Duke University Durham, NC Teaching Food, Lodging, Transportation
2017 Dec. 8 – 11, 2017 New-York Historical Society New York, NY Speaking

Film/panel discussion

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2017 Nov. 14 – 15, 2017 The Union League Club New York, NY Award Ceremony

Award

 Food, Lodging, Transportation
2017 Sept. 28 – 29, 2017 Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Houston, TX Speaking

Speech

 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
2022 Catholic University of America Honorary chair of the advisory council
2022 Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America Honorary member of the advisory board
2020 – 2022 Duke University Instructor for course
2020 – 2022 Regent University Instructor for course
2018 – 2022 Duke University Honorary advisory board member
2017 Loyola University Chicago Visiting faculty
2016 – 2019 Duke University Visiting faculty
2016 St. John’s College Visiting faculty
2016 Tulane University Visiting faculty
2015 – 2016 American Bar Association Member, advisory committee on the Law Library of Congress
2015 – 2016 Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America Member, honorary board
2005 Yale Law Journal Advisory board member, advisory board
2004 – 2009 Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey Advisory board member
2004 – 2005 Constitution Project Member, sentencing initiative
2004 Yale Law Journal Advisory board member

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 Jan. 31, 2006 – Present
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit Judge 1990 – 2006
Department of Justice U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey 1987 – 1990
Department of Justice Deputy assistant attorney general 1985 – 1987
Department of Justice Assistant to the solicitor general 1981 – 1985
Department of Justice Assistant U.S. attorney 1977 – 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit Law clerk to Judge Leonard Garth 1976 – 1977

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
Yale University J.D., 1975
Princeton University B.A., 1972

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

ProPublica has reported that justices have sometimes failed to disclose speaking engagements and gifts like private jet travel and luxury vacations from wealthy and influential people. Read our series: Friends of the Court.

Do you have any tips on the courts? Contact us securely or reach out to ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott and Josh Kaplan.

by Sergio Hernandez, Alex Mierjeski, Al Shaw and Mollie Simon

Jeff Frankl, Nat Lash and Alec Glassford contributed development and design. Mariam Elba contributed research.

Current site Current page