Douglas Emhoff Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Douglas Craig Emhoff
Other Name	Doug Emhoff
Nickname(s)	• Dougie • Second Dude
Profession(s)	• Lawyer • Businessman • Political Activist
Famous for	Being the husband of Kamala Harris, the 49th Vice President of the United States
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	6' (183 cm)
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth	13 October 1964 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2024)	60 Years
Birthplace	Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Zodiac sign	Libra
Signature
Nationality	American
Hometown	Los Angeles
School(s)	• Cedar Ridge High School, New Jersey • Agoura High School, California
College/University	• California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles • University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Los Angeles
Educational Qualification	• B.A. from California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles • J.D. from University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Los Angeles
Religion	Judaism
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Address	1 Observatory Circle NW, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Hobbies	Golf, Fantasy football
Tattoo(s)	On left arm - Initials of the names of his children and a symbol of dragon signifying his and his wife, Kamla Harris' birth year.
Social Media	• Instagram • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Kamala Harris (Politician, Lawyer, Social Activist) (2013-2014)
Marriage Date	First Marriage - Year, 1992 (divorced in 2008) Second Marriage - 22 August 2014
Marriage Place	Second Marriage - Santa Barbara, California
Family
Wife/Spouse	• First Wife - Kerstin Emhoff (divorced in 2008; Film Producer) • Second Wife - Kamala Harris (Politician, Lawyer, Social Activist)
Children	Son- Cole MacKin Emhoff (corporate employee) Daughter- Ella Rose Emhoff (model, artist, fashion designer)
Parents	Father- Michael Emhoff (Shoe Designer) Mother- Barbara Emhoff
Siblings	Brother- Andy Emhoff Sister- Jamie Emhoff
Favourites
Basketball Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Music Genre	Jazz
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	$174,994 (as a visiting professor at Georgetown University) (as of 2023)
Assets/Properties	A 3,500-square-foot home in Brentwood, Los Angeles for $2.7 million (2012)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Douglas Emhoff

• He lived in Matawan and Old Bridge Township, New Jersey from 1969 to 1981.

• He became a bar mitzvah (Jewish coming-of-age ceremony) in 1977 at Temple Shalom, a Reform synagogue in Aberdeen Township.

• In 1978, he attended a Jewish summer camp, Camp Cedar Lake in Milford, Pennsylvania. He was voted as the most athletic person in his division at the camp.
  

  Douglas Emhoff at Camp Cedar Lake

• He was admitted to the State Bar of California on 12 April 1990.

• He specialises in entertainment litigation and intellectual property.

• He started his career as an associate with Pillsbury Winthrop’s litigation group.

• He has worked as the managing director of the West Coast offices of Venable LLP, an American law firm.

• In the late 1990s, he joined the boutique law firm, Belin Rawlings & Badal, Los Angeles.

• At the beginning of his career, he represented Hollywood Video, a video rental chain in an accounting dispute against Fox Broadcasting Company. The case earned him fame and helped him to become a representative for several production companies.

• He started his own Beverly Hills law firm in 2000 which was acquired by Venable LLP in 2006. He then worked as the managing director of the West Coast offices of Venable LLP.

• In 2009, he represented Taco Bell’s former advertising agency and won one of his career’s most high-profile cases.

• Douglas Emhoff met his wife, Kamala Harris, in 2013 on a blind date, set up by one of their mutual friends, Chrisette Hudlin, a public relations consultant.

• After their first date, Doug wrote an e-mail to Kamala, in which he wrote all of his available dates for the next few months. Confessing his love for her, he wrote,
  

  I’m too old to play games or hide the ball. I really like you, and I want to see if we can make this work.”

• They married a year later in 2014 in a civil ceremony officiated by Kamala’s sister, Maya Harris.

• He became a partner at DLA Piper law firm in 2017.

• As a partner to the DLA Piper, he represented the real estate broker, Mauricio Umansky, known for appearing on the TV show, ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.’

• Douglas Emhoff became a visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. in January 2020. He teaches a two-credit course for the spring semester, ‘Entertainment Law Disputes.’

• In 2020, he left DLA Piper to avoid a conflict of interest after his wife, Kamala Harris, decided to become the running mate of the presidential candidate, Joe Biden.

• He shot the famous video of Kamala Harris calling Joe Biden and exclaiming ‘Joe, we did it!’ after Joe Biden had won the election in 2020.

• He became America’s first Second Gentleman (spouse of the vice president) after his wife, Kamala Harris, became the vice president of the United States in 2021.

• He was labelled ‘wife guy’ by social media users for being exceptionally supportive of his wife.

• As a Second Gentleman, he has expanded access to legal aid services and is known for being vocal about gender equality.

• He has visited several places including vaccine clinics, churches, community health centres, and schools to spread awareness about the importance of vaccination.
  

  Douglas Emhoff during his visit at a COVID vaccination site

• He is the first Jewish spouse of a vice president of America.

• In 2022, he hosted a Passover Seder at the White House to embrace his Jewish heritage.

• He is an anti-semite activist and has hosted several events that focused on the remembrance of the Holocaust.

• In 2023, he went on a trip to Poland and Germany on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. During the trip, he visited Germany’s central Holocaust memorial where he met holocaust survivors and talked about his grandparents escaping persecution from Poland 120 years ago.
  

  Douglas Emhoff (right) speaking with Holocaust survivor 101-year-old Margot Friedländer

• He invited the descendants of Holocaust survivors to the White House to share their stories in May 2024.

• On 7 July 2024, it was announced by the White House that Douglas had tested positive for COVID-19.