Ethan Amaker Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats
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Ethan Amaker Jeopardy Contestant Profile
Ethan Patrick Amaker is an attorney originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appearing on Jeopardy! with the occupation of Attorney. He is a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City, one of the best-known U.S. law firms for complex corporate litigation, transactions and high-stakes business disputes.
Amaker’s legal career is backed by an unusually strong academic record. He graduated from Harvard University in 2011 with an A.B. in Government and Honors. While at Harvard, his academic work included a significant focus on Brazil and Latin American politics. His senior thesis, “Past Its Prime: How the PMDB Has Endured the Transition From Authoritarianism to Democracy,” examined Brazilian political development and earned him the Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies.
His Harvard years also included competitive and extracurricular activities. Amaker participated in Harvard Mock Trial and earned recognition as an Outstanding Witness at a 2011 regional tournament. He was also involved with Harvard Model Congress, including serving as one of the presidents of the San Francisco session in 2011.
After Harvard, Amaker spent time in education through Teach For America, where he taught mathematics to middle- and high-school students. That period gave him classroom experience before he transitioned fully into legal training and practice.
Amaker subsequently attended Stanford Law School, earning his Juris Doctor in 2020. At Stanford, he was deeply involved in the school’s academic and advocacy communities. He served as a Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review, where he participated in the editing of major legal scholarship, and was also a Co-President of the Stanford Law School Mock Trial Team.
His Stanford activities additionally included leadership within the Black Law Students Association, where he served as Vice President. The combination of law review work, mock trial and student leadership gave him experience across legal research, editing, advocacy and organizational leadership.
After law school, Amaker completed a prestigious federal judicial clerkship with Judge John Robert Blakey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 2020 to 2021. Federal clerkships involve working closely with judges on legal research, court opinions, motions and litigation issues and are an important early-career credential for attorneys entering sophisticated litigation practices.
He later joined Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he works as an Associate in the Litigation Department. His practice has involved complex commercial cases, including matters connected with securities, trade secrets and other corporate disputes. He is admitted to the New York Bar, having been admitted in 2022, and remains registered to practice in the state.
Amaker’s earlier professional experience was also unusually broad. Before establishing himself as a litigation attorney, he held positions connected with Kobre & Kim, Goldman Sachs, research programs at Harvard and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He worked as an analyst, summer analyst and summer associate at various stages of his education and career.
His Philadelphia roots are particularly strong. Amaker attended J.R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, one of Philadelphia’s selective public schools. His father, Ethan Amaker Sr., was a longtime Philadelphia Fire Department paramedic who received the city’s Paramedic of the Year honor in 2012. At the time of that recognition, the younger Ethan Amaker was described as a recent Harvard graduate.
That family background also helps narrow Amaker’s age. He was reported as 23 years old in May 2012, placing his birth around 1988 or 1989 and making him approximately 37 or 38 years old in 2026.
| Field | Details |
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| Name | Ethan Patrick Amaker, professionally known as Ethan P. Amaker or Ethan Amaker. |
| Location & Residence | Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Professionally based in New York City, where he works at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. He also previously lived in Chicago, Illinois, during his federal judicial clerkship. |
| Profession & Jobs | Attorney / Litigation Associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Works in the firm’s Litigation Department on complex commercial and corporate matters. Previously served as a Judicial Law Clerk to Judge John Robert Blakey, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2020–2021. Earlier experience includes work as a Summer Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, an Analyst at Kobre & Kim, a Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs, and research positions associated with Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Before law school, he was a Teach For America Corps Member, teaching mathematics to middle- and high-school students. He was admitted to practice law in New York in 2022 and remains currently registered. |
| Gender & Sex | Male / man. |
| Age & Date of Birth | Approximately 37–38 years old in 2026. He was reported as 23 years old in May 2012, placing his birth around 1988–1989. |
| Nationality & Ethnicity | American. Black / African-American. |
| Education & School | J.R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia. Harvard University – A.B. in Government with Honors, 2011. Recipient of the Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies for his thesis on the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party and Brazil’s transition from authoritarian rule. Participated in Harvard Mock Trial and received an Outstanding Witness honor at a 2011 regional competition. Also involved with Harvard Model Congress, including leadership of its San Francisco program. Stanford Law School – J.D., 2020. Served as Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review, Co-President of the Stanford Law School Mock Trial Team and Vice President of the Black Law Students Association. |
| Relationships (Married/Dating/Sexuality) & Family | Son of Ethan Amaker Sr., a longtime Philadelphia Fire Department paramedic who was named Philadelphia Paramedic of the Year in 2012, and Vera Wilson. He has a younger sister named Tyler, who was 15 in 2012. |
| Biography & More Details | 2026 Jeopardy! contestant introduced as an Attorney originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Amaker has a background combining elite academic training, public-service teaching, legal scholarship and litigation. At Harvard, he studied Government and developed a particular academic interest in Brazilian politics, earning a senior-thesis prize for research on the PMDB and Brazil’s democratic transition. He later taught mathematics through Teach For America before entering Stanford Law School. At Stanford he became a Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review, helped lead the school’s mock-trial program and held a leadership position in the Black Law Students Association. After earning his J.D., he clerked for a federal district judge in Chicago and then joined Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he now practices litigation. His earlier experience also includes finance, legal research and law-firm work at organizations including Goldman Sachs, Kobre & Kim and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. |
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Ethan Amaker Jeopardy Results
| Wednesday, 11 November 2026 | Returning Champion Final Score: $TBC Round 2 Score: $TBC Round 1 Score: $TBC | Molly Gendell Brooklyn, New York Editor Final Score: $TBC Round 2 Score: $TBC Round 1 Score: $TBC | Ethan Amaker Originally Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Attorney Final Score: $TBC Round 2 Score: $TBC Round 1 Score: $TBC |