What is Todd Blanche’s Net Worth and Salary?
Todd Blanche is an American lawyer, former federal prosecutor, and senior government official with an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Blanche rose to national prominence as one of Donald Trump’s most visible defense attorneys, taking a leading role in several criminal cases filed after Trump’s first term in office. His work for the former president included the New York criminal case tied to payments made to Stormy Daniels, along with federal matters involving classified documents and alleged attempts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.
Long before his name became linked to Trump’s legal battles, Blanche built his résumé inside the federal justice system and at prominent Wall Street law firms. As a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, he worked on violent-crime cases before entering private practice, where his clients included companies, executives, political figures, and individuals caught up in criminal or regulatory investigations.
After Trump returned to the White House, he chose Blanche to serve as deputy attorney general. The Senate confirmed him in March 2025, placing him in the No. 2 role at the Department of Justice. In April 2026, Blanche was moved into the role of acting attorney general, and two months later he was formally nominated to take the job on a permanent basis.
Salary
As deputy attorney general, Blanche’s position was classified under Level II of the federal Executive Schedule, which paid $228,000 annually in 2026. The attorney general post sits at Level I, carrying a 2026 salary of $253,100.
Financial Disclosures
Blanche’s federal financial disclosure filings offer a detailed snapshot of his personal wealth and law firm income. In his initial report, Blanche Law was valued between $1 million and $5 million, while he listed a $2.16 million partnership draw, about $97,000 in salary, and an expected distribution ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.
By the time of his 2026 disclosure, Blanche reported that the firm had become inactive and no longer held meaningful assets or liabilities. He also disclosed $490,000 in final partnership distributions.
The later filing showed roughly $830,000 to $2.26 million spread across cash holdings, retirement accounts, mutual funds, and other investments. It also listed a residential mortgage valued between $1 million and $5 million, a separate $100,000 to $250,000 mortgage connected to his son’s home, a student loan, and an exercised line of credit worth between $100,000 and $250,000.
Early Life and Education
Todd Wallace Blanche was born on August 6, 1974, in Denver, Colorado. His family later moved to Gainesville, Florida. Blanche attended the New Mexico Military Institute and studied at several colleges before completing his undergraduate degree at American University in Washington, D.C.
While in Washington, Blanche developed an interest in government and law. He worked as an intern and later as an employee in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. After moving to New York, he worked as a paralegal for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York while attending Brooklyn Law School at night.
Blanche earned his law degree cum laude in 2003. He subsequently worked as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell and served as a law clerk to federal judges Denny Chin and Joseph Bianco.
Federal Prosecutor
In 2006, Blanche returned to the Southern District of New York as an assistant U.S. attorney. He prosecuted cases involving organized crime, violent offenses, fraud, and other federal crimes.
Blanche eventually became co-chief of the office’s Violent Crimes Unit, supervising approximately two dozen prosecutors handling cases involving murders, kidnappings, robberies, and criminal organizations. He later helped oversee the U.S. Attorney’s Office branch in White Plains, New York.
His prosecutorial background gave him considerable experience with federal investigations, grand juries, criminal trials, and the internal operations of the Justice Department. He left government service in 2014.
Private Practice
After leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Blanche joined WilmerHale as a partner in its white-collar defense and investigations practice. In 2017, he moved to Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he represented companies and individuals facing criminal charges, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations.
One of his best-known clients was former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Blanche helped persuade a New York judge to dismiss state mortgage-fraud charges against Manafort on double-jeopardy grounds. The dismissal was later upheld on appeal.
His other clients included Igor Fruman, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, and political adviser Boris Epshteyn. Blanche also represented corporate clients in the financial, technology, healthcare, and cryptocurrency industries.
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Donald Trump’s Attorney
Blanche joined Trump’s legal team in April 2023, shortly before Trump was arraigned in Manhattan. He left Cadwalader and founded Blanche Law PLLC, a smaller practice that allowed him to devote much of his time to Trump’s defense.
Blanche became Trump’s lead courtroom attorney in the New York criminal trial over the concealment of payments made to Stormy Daniels. He cross-examined witnesses, challenged the prosecution’s legal theories, and delivered the defense’s closing argument. Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in May 2024.
Blanche also represented Trump in the federal classified-documents case and the federal election-interference case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith. The classified-documents case was dismissed by the trial judge, while the federal prosecutions were abandoned following Trump’s victory in the 2024 election because of Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
Before representing Trump, Blanche had been registered as a Democrat. He changed his registration to Republican in 2024.
Justice Department
After winning the 2024 election, Trump nominated Blanche to become deputy attorney general. The Senate confirmed him by a vote of 52–46 in March 2025.
As deputy attorney general, Blanche managed the Justice Department’s daily operations and helped oversee the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Marshals Service, Bureau of Prisons, and 93 U.S. Attorney’s Offices.
In April 2026, Trump appointed Blanche acting attorney general following Pam Bondi’s departure. Trump formally nominated him to serve permanently as attorney general in June 2026, beginning a second Senate confirmation process.
Personal Life
Todd Blanche has been married to his wife, Kristine, since 1996. The couple met while studying abroad in Australia and have two adult children.
Kristine has worked in healthcare and founded an integrative health practice. Blanche’s financial disclosures also list her retirement accounts and business interests. The couple became grandparents in 2023.
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