He joined our family in 2010 when he was 3 years old after the devastating earthquake,” she said. “Our four children at home are with friends and fearless babysitters. Barrett Is Raising a Child With Special Needsĭuring the confirmation hearing, Barrett also revealed that she and her husband are raising a child with Down syndrome and that they also have a second child who was born in Haiti. She’s one of the most compassionate and determined people that I know.”ģ. Tess, sitting next to Vivian, is also 13 years old. Today Vivian is a track star, and I assure you she has no trouble talking. She came home when she was 14 months old, and she weighed 11 pounds and she was so weak we were told she might never walk normally or speak. The first apple of our eye,” Barrett told the Judiciary Committee. She said she was accompanied to the hearing by their three oldest daughters. We have been married 18 years with each year better than the last. She said her husband “serves our country” as an assistant United States Attorney in the northern district of Indiana and added, “I hit the jackpot when I married Jesse. Three of Amy Barrett’s children with her husband Jesse (far right).Īmy Barrett gave the public a glimpse of her family life when she became a federal judge.ĭuring her confirmation hearing to the federal bench, Barrett spoke at length about her family. Barrett’s 3 Oldest Daughters Accompanied Her to Her Confirmation Hearing Jesse Barrett is a partner at law firm SouthBank Legal in South Bend, Indiana.Ģ.
You can see photos of Jesse Barrett at his wife’s investiture.Īccording to Fox News, the Barretts debated “for years” whether one of them should stay home to raise all of their kids, with Amy Barrett describing “soul-searching and anxiety about balancing kids and work.” Instead, an aunt has helped out with them, Fox News reported.
Professor Barrett’s dedication as a spouse and mother alongside her stellar teaching and scholarship represents the epitome of Notre Dame Law School’s challenge for its graduates to be ‘a different kind of lawyer.’” In addition to that lengthy resume, she has found the time to mother seven children, an accomplishment that a group of Notre Dame Law School students and graduates mentioned in a letter urging her appointment as a federal judge.Ī letter supporting Barrett’s nomination as a federal judge from former students and graduates of Notre Dame Law School said, “Professor Barrett and her husband, Jesse, are raising seven children-a remarkable feat in itself. Wikimedia CommonsJesse Barrett and Amy Coney Barrett.īarrett is many things in addition to a mother and wife, she is a lawyer, a former law school professor, a former clerk for Antonin Scalia and now a federal judge who sits on the 7th Circuit.
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