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Emily Compagno
Born
Emily Rose Compagno[1]

(1979-11-09) November 9, 1979 (age 44)[1]
Alameda County, California, U.S.[1]
EducationB.A. University of Washington
J.D. University of San Francisco School of Law
OccupationTelevision reporter
EmployerFox Entertainment Group

Emily Rose Compagno (born November 9, 1979) is an American attorney and television journalist who serves as news correspondent on Fox & Friends First and Fox & Friends. She now serves as a co-host on The Five

Biography

Compagno was born on November 9, 1979 in Oak Knoll, California[2] and raised in El Cerrito, California,[3] the daughter of Katherine (née Bertsch) and John Compagno. Her father is of Italian descent[4] and her mother is of German descent.[5] She has two sisters.[6] Her great-grandfather, William Harry Bertsch earned a Silver Star during World War II.[7][8] The "Rose" in Emily's name honors William Bertsch's wife. [9] [10] She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington where she was awarded the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps' Cadet of the Quarter Award.[3][11] In 2006, she graduated with a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2006.[3] After passing the California bar, she worked as a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco while also serving as captain of the Oakland Raider's cheerleading squad, the Raiderettes.[3][11] The NFL selected her as an Ambassador and she promoted the NFL brand in Beijing and Shanghai; and was one of five NFL cheerleaders selected to visit U.S. troops with the USO stationed in Iraq and Kuwait.[3] Compagno was a Senior Judge Judicial Extern for the John T. Noonan at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[11] She then went on to work as the federal managing attorney and Acting Director at the Social Security Administration.[11] She has also held legal positions in Cape Town, South Africa, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[11] She appeared regularly on Fox news as a legal analyst and as a regular on the show Outnumbered. In 2018, Compagno accepted a position at Fox News as news correspondent and fill-in anchor on Fox & Friends and Fox & Friends First in New York City.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c California Birth Index
  2. ^ Compagno, Emily (January 10, 2018). "What a lovely note to receive. I was born at Oak Knoll! Our warmest & best to you and your husband from the whole Compagno family". Twitter.
  3. ^ a b c d e Guthmann, Edward (April 6, 2009). "Emily Compagno". Fox News. Compagno, 29, grew up in El Cerrito...
  4. ^ O'Reilly, Bill (November 15, 2017). "Bill O'Reilly and Emily Compagno Discuss the NFL Anthem Protest". Billoreilly.com.
  5. ^ Compagno, Katherine Bertsch (2005). "From Bohemia to Ohia & Texas: Our Lorenz Families". rootsweb.com.
  6. ^ "Josephine Bileci Compagno September 3, 1909 - April 21, 2007". The Monterey Herald. April 28, 2007.
  7. ^ Compagno, Emily (November 11, 2018). "My ggrandfather, then-Maj. William Bertsch wrote:"I was knocked unconscious by an enemy high explosive shell on the night of July 24 or 25, 1918, in the valley near Jaulgonne, France, while serving as 2nd Lieutenant, commanding a platoon of Company L, 4th Infantry..." Twitter.
  8. ^ "William Harry Bertsch". The Wall of Valor Project. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  9. ^ Ayandoye, Pelumi (August 8, 2018). "What I Do - Emily Compagno". Twitter.
  10. ^ Pelumi, Ayandoye (June 18, 2019). "Emily Compagno - Age, Husband, Wiki, Height & Net Worth". KidAGes.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Guthmann, Edward (April 6, 2009). "What I Do - Emily Compagno, attorney, Raiderette". SFGate.
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