Revealed: Brett Kavanaugh & Career Highlights Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

Many fans are curious about Brett Kavanaugh's financial success in April 2026. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Is Brett Kavanaugh's Net Worth and Salary?

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Brett Kavanaugh is an American associate justice of the US Supreme Court, a position he has held since 2018. Brett Kavanaugh's net worth is $1 million. According to his most recent financial disclosure, Brett came to the court with relatively few assets compared to his colleagues on the bench. His disclosure showed that his main asset is a home that has no mortgage and is worth approximately $1.3 million based on similar comps. Outside of the home, his net worth is less than $100,000. On the plus side, he has almost no debt at all.

In 2018, Kavanaugh was nominated by Trump to the Supreme Court. His subsequent Senate Judiciary Committee hearings were highly contentious; notably, they included discussions of sexual assault allegations made against Brett. One of his accusers, Christine Blasey Ford, appeared as a witness. In her testimony, she alleged that, as a teenager, Kavanaugh and a friend had locked her in a bedroom when they were inebriated and proceeded to grope and disrobe her. Although an FBI investigation was called for, it ultimately omitted key witnesses and information at the behest of the White House. In response to the allegations and the surrounding controversy over his nomination, Kavanaugh became increasingly hot-headed and unruly during his hearings, resulting in 83 ethics complaints against him.

Brett Kavanaugh was born on February 12, 1965, in Washington, D.C. He is the son of Martha, a high school history teacher, and Everett, a lawyer who served a two-decade tenure as president of the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association. Kavanaugh is of Irish Catholic heritage. Raised in Bethesda, Maryland, he went to the Jesuit boys' school Georgetown Preparatory School, where he was captain of the basketball team and cornerback and wide receiver on the football team. After graduating, he enrolled at Yale University; there, he wrote about sports for the Yale Daily News and was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Brett graduated with a BA in history in 1987. He went on to attend Yale Law School, obtaining his JD in 1990.

From 1990 to 1991, Kavanaugh was a law clerk to Judge Walter King Stapleton of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He subsequently clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then worked as a summer associate for the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson. Next, Brett clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy; he followed this stint by serving as an Associate Counsel in the Office of the Independent Counsel under US Solicitor GeneralKen Starr. After spending time in private practice with the law firm Kirkland & Ellis from 1997 to 1998, Kavanaugh returned to his position under Starr. In 1999, he rejoined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner.

Kavanaugh joined the legal team ofGeorge W. Bushin December 2000 as part of the attempt to stop Florida's ballot recount. Following Bush's inauguration, Kavanaugh became an associate to White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales. He went on to serve as Assistant to the President as well as White House Staff Secretary.

Before being appointed to the Supreme Court, he worked as a staff lawyer for a number of federal government offices and served as a circuit judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. During his confirmation hearings for his Supreme Court nomination, Kavanaugh was accused by multiple women of sexual assault and earned numerous ethics complaints for his ill-tempered conduct.

In 2003, Kavanaugh was nominated by Bush to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; however, his nomination languished in the Senate for close to three years. He was eventually confirmed in 2006. During his tenure as a circuit judge, Brett wrote decisions opposing such issues as abortion rights, the Affordable Care Act, and environmental regulation.

In summary, the total wealth of Brett Kavanaugh reflects strategic moves.

Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.