Jane Sullivan Roberts Biography

Jane Sullivan Roberts is the legal authority working as the recruiter for law firms based in Washington, D.C. She is better known as the wife of John Roberts, the 17th Chief Justice of the United States. Currently (as of February 2023), she is facing scrutiny because she is conflicting with her former colleague, who warned the Justice Department and Congress about Jane’s role as a recruiter for law firms.

Early Life

Jane Sullivan Roberts was born in 1955 in Ireland and grew up in the beautiful sights and sounds of Irish nature. She received her graduate degree in mathematics from the College of the Holy Cross. Also, she gets a diploma in education from the University of Melbourne in Australia. She has also done MSc in applied mathematics from Brown University. She also received a doctorate of law from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984. 

After completing her education, she was hired for judicial clerical work with the Honourable James M. Sprouse of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She also received her private practices from Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ, before entering the rule of law and firms.

Jane Sullivan Roberts Career

Jane is working as the managing partner of Washington, D.C., for Macrae, the legal recruiting firm at the global level. She is known to be one of the most insightful and experienced legal recruiters. She further advises and manages the group of firm partners and senior government attorneys who work with clients, establish law firms, recruit assignments and managements, and work on various other vital practicing areas.

Jane has spent nearly 20 or two decades practicing as a high-level legal recruiter. She has been practicing as a law firm talent developer and enabling clients to address the need to grow and increase the laws and practices in Washington, D.C. or the legal markets.

Before joining Macrae, Jane was the legal recruiter for the firm called Major, Lindsey & Africa, which is also based in Washington, D.C. she was also partnered with the Global Technology Group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, where she used to manage or hold the position of Executive Partner for Talent Development. She has given seven years, from 2016 to 2022, for her contribution as a testament to the industry. For this, she has also been honored for her inclusion in Lawdragon’s “100 Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists.

Holder of the Various Memberships

She has also remained the previous or former Co-Chair of the Women in Law Empowerment Forum and the active Member of its Global Advisory Board. Jane is currently holding various memberships at various colleges, schools, and legal firms, including-

  • the Board of Advisors of the College of the Holy Cross
  • a member of the Board of Visitors of Georgetown University Law Center, a Parliamentarian of the John Carroll Society,
  • Washington, DC Founding Member

Social Media

Jane has been highlighted by various magazines, newspapers, websites, and media channels, including macrae.com, Forbes, The Sun, etc. You can find her on LinkedIn, and she is not available on Instagram or other social media profiles. We wonder if she is available with any unverified account.

Jane Sullivan Roberts Biography

Real Name Jane Sullivan Roberts
Birth Date 1955
Age (as of 2023) 69 Years
Birth Place Ireland
Profession Lawyer
College Brown University, Georgetown University Law School
Qualification Graduate

Physical Statistics

Height in feet inches – 5’ 8” – in Centimeters – 172 cm
Weight in Kilograms – 60 kg  –  in Pounds –  132 lbs
Hair Color Light Brown
Eye Color Brown

Family

Father John Sullivan
Mother Kathleen Theresa O’Carroll
Sister Mary Sullivan
Brother One

Relationship Status

Marital Status Married
Who is her husband? John Roberts 
Children Two (Josie & Jack Roberts)

Personal Life

Jane Sullivan Roberts has married John Roberts for 26 years since 1996. John Roberts, in full, John Glover Roberts Jr., is an American lawyer and jurist who has served the position of the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. The couple is known to have met for the first time at a beach house, but soon Jane had to leave the things behind to spend a year in Australia. When they met again, Jane bet her future husband that he would not remember what she was wearing during their first meeting.

But he did, and she remembered too what he was wearing. In one of her interviews, Jane told the media that she had so much in common with her husband, and they both were attracted to each other equally. The couple recently held membership in the Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda, Md., a Catholic congregation. The different sources reveal that the couple has given birth to two children named Josie Roberts (girl) and Jack Roberts (boy).

Jane Sullivan Roberts Net Worth

Jane Sullivan Roberts is working as a legal authority for a global-level law firm. She might be earning as high as $10 million and as low as $3 million as of January 2023.

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