ILYA Shapiro made a name for himself at the Cato Institute after he graduated with a law degree from the University of Chicago.
Since then, he has written several books and is often seen on Twitter posting about the law.
Who is Ilya Shapiro?
Ilya Shapiro is known as the former vice president of the Cato Institute and a publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review.
He first joined the company in 2007 as a senior fellow in constitutional studies.
The Cato Institute is known as an American libertarian think tank that is headquartered in Washington, DC.
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Prior to the Cato Institute, he was a special assistant/adviser to the Multi-National Force in Iraq on rule-of-law issues and practiced at Patton Boggs and Cleary Gottlieb, according to his bio.
He also clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Shapiro worked at Georgetown University as an adjunct law professor but announced his resignation on June 6, 2022.
Why did Ilya Shapiro become a lawyer?
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After emigrating from the Soviet Union, Shapiro grew up in Canada and later discovered an interest in law.
“I grew up in Canada (after emigrating from the Soviet Union) but always preferred ‘life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness’ to ‘peace, order, and good government," he told Politico in 2018.
"For example, in junior high during the 1988 election, I pasted pictures of Reagan and Bush in my notebooks. In high school, I did well in Ontario Model Parliament and got picked up to work the 1995 provincial election for the Tories—what became known as the ‘Common Sense Revolution.’"
His interest in law dates back to when he was 13 years old and got his first publication in Time magazine.
"I had my first publication at age 13, with a letter to the editor in the January 28, 1991 issue of Time magazine," Shapiro continued.
"I argued that after winning the Cold War, we should work to bring Russia into our orbit instead of just taking victory laps.”
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What is Ilya Shapiro's net worth?
A career in law often comes with a large payday and Shapiro's is no exception.
While his exact net worth is unclear, it is estimated to be between $5million and $10million.
This number mostly comes from assets, book sales, and income.
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