Douglas Emhoff Biography
Douglas Craig Emhoff is an American lawyer who is the current second gentleman of the United States. He is married to Vice president Kamala Harris. As the first-ever husband of a U.S. vice president, Emhoff is first second gentleman in American history. He is also the first Jewish spouse of a Vice President. He was managing director of Venable’s West coast offices and later became a partner at DLA piper. He is also a distinguished visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
How old is Douglas Emhoff? – Age
The American lawyer is 56 years old as of October 2020. He was born on October 13, 1964 in New York in the United States.
Douglas Emhoff Family
The American lawyer was born in the New York city borough of Brooklyn, the son of Jewish parents, Barbara and Michael Emhoff. He has a brother Andy and a sister Jamie. When he was 17 years old, he moved with his family to California.
Douglas Emhoff Marriage – Wife
Emhoff is married. He was first married for 16 years to Kerstin Emhoff, Mackin. They both got married in 1992 and later on divorced on 2008. He then married Kamala Harris on August 22, 2014, in Santa Barbara, California, with Kamala’s sister Maya Harris officiating. The couple will reside at Number one Observatory circle, while maintaining homes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washing, D.C..
Douglas Emhoff Children
The American lawyer was blessed with children before the divorce of the fist wife, Kerstin. They both have two children together before separating. The first child was named Cole and the second was known as Ella.
Douglas Emhoff Career
The American lawyer is an entertainment litigator and began his career at Pillsbury Winthrop’s litigation group. He moved to Belin Rawlings & Badal, a boutique firm, in the late 1990s. He opened his own firm with Ben Whitwell in 2000, which was acquired by Venable LLP in 2006. His clients included Walmart and Merck, and he became managing director of Venable’s West Coast offices.
Emhoff joined DLA piper as a partner in 2017, working at its Washington, D.C., and California offices. Following the announcement that his wife would be Joe Biden’s runnind mate in the 2020 United States presidential election, Emhoff took a leave of absence from the firm. In December 2020, Georgetown University Law center announced that Emhoff would join the school’s faculty as a distinguished visitor and as a distinguished fellow of the school’s institute for Technology Law and policy.
Second Gentleman of the United States
The American lawyer’s wife Kamala Harris was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries before dropping out in December 2019. In August 2020, Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s running mate for the presidential election, making Emhoff the third man in U.S. history to be a spouse of the vice presidential candidate of a major party, following John Zaccaro and Todd Palin. When Harris assumed office, Emhoff became the first second gentleman of the United States. He is also the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. vice president.
In his role as second gentlemen, Emhoff plans to focus on equal access to justice and legal representation.
Douglas Emhoff Net worth
The American lawyer has a estimated net worth of $5.8 million.