Glenn Kirschner Biography
Glenn Kirschner is an American attorney, legal analyst for both MSNBC and NBC news. He has more than three decades of working as a federal prosecutor, homicide prosecutor and Army JAG. Moreover, he teaches criminal law at George Washington University.
Glenn Kirschner Age
He was born on January 2, 1961 and he’s 61 years old as of 2022.
Glenn Kirschner Height
Kirschner stands at 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Glenn Kirschner Education
At first, he studied at Point Pleasant Borough High School in 1979. While there he participated in football and wrestling. He also received a U.S. Army Student Achievement Award. Later, he attended Washington and Lee University in 1980 and graduated with a BA in Communication, Journalism and Related Programs.
Still, at the University, he received an Army ROTC scholarship and became part of the Virginia Beta chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Kirschner was a center back in his senior year playing for the Washington and Lee Generals football team. This resulted in him being appointed by his teammates among three teams of the senior year. Then in 1987, he graduated with a JD from New England Law in Boston.
After graduating, he earned an educational deferment of his military service to attend law school. In this period, he received two American Jurisprudence Awards. This was followed by an assignment as a Board of Trustee Scholar and in the wake of 1988, he joined the U.S army.
Glenn Kirschner Family
Ruth is his mother.
Glenn Kirschner Wife
Kirschner is married to Niloofar who celebrates her birthday on July 12 every year.
Glenn Kirschner Daughters
He is the father of Kelly, Molly, Megan, Evan, Kate and his son Kian. On October 3, 2012, he posted a photo of his daughters on his Instagram account saying “My daughters Kate and Molly, and our beautiful little Paz Lora looking a bit . . . skeptical.”
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Glenn Kirschner Career
Kirschner has instituted legal proceedings for more than 50 murder trials, worked for four years as a deputy senior of homicide department between 2004 and 2010. Then in June 2018, he retired from the US Attorney’s office.
Soon after starting his task as an Army JAG, Kirschner first worked as an Army prosecutor at Fort Richardson based in Alaska. During his time there, he prosecuted and investigated court-martial cases and worked as legal advisor to the post’s numerous commanding officers. After spending three years in this role, he was transferred to the U.S. Army’s Legal Services Agency in Falls Church, Virginia, and became the government appellate attorney specializing in criminal appeals of court-martial prosecutions. He also managed murder and espionage cases and many more. Later he was released from his duties after spending more than six years working for the army.
Apart from that, Kirschner became a federal prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney in June 1994 through the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. This was followed by rotational tasks when he began to serve at the US Attorney Office Homicide Section which was managed by Robert Mueller in that particular moment.
In 2018, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers but before that, he had got several achievements such as the Chief of Police Medal of Honor in 2009 and 2010, the John F. Evans Award and the John F. Evans Award as well as the Harold J. Sullivan Award both from the Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Association.
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Kirschner is a legal analyst and also an opinion columnist for MSNBC. On January 31, 2022, Kirschner wrote about the chances of Trump’s re-election for the 2024 election if he doesn’t get prosecuted by the justice department. Furthermore, thousands of Americans: the ground soldiers of the insurrection, have been criminally and formally accused in almost 13 months since January. But not even one member of the insurrection’s the orchestrators and inciters, the organizers and funders, the planners and plotters and command structure have been prosecuted. And the situation remains pending if any will ever be. He summarizes by saying this inactivity might lead to future attacks in the nation’s democracy.
Apart from that, he is well known for his role on tv’s famous co-hosts. His assignments are national news programs for example Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC Live, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, The Stephanie Miller Show and CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper.
Glenn Kirschner Salary
He earns an estimated net worth of $10,000 – $100,000.
Glenn Kirschner Net Worth
Kirschner’s approximated net worth ranges between $1 million- $5 million.
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