Judge Faith Jenkins is an American attorney who spent more than a decade in New York law practice before becoming a cable-news legal analyst and then a television arbitrator. Viewers know her from the syndicated court show Judge Faith, from Divorce Court, and from Oxygen’s true crime series Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins.
This Judge Faith Jenkins biography draws on her official website, trade and entertainment reporting, and dated interviews. Where reliable sources run out, the article says so. In 2026 she is 49 and the mother of two young children, with her second child born in May.
Quick facts about Judge Faith Jenkins
| Detail | Verified information |
|---|---|
| Full name | Faith Elizabeth Jenkins (now Faith Jenkins Lattimore) |
| Professional name | Judge Faith; Faith Jenkins |
| Birth date | September 21, 1977 |
| Birthplace | Shreveport, Louisiana (per Wikipedia and aggregators; her own site says only “originally from Louisiana”) |
| Age | 49 (as of October 11, 2026) |
| Ethnicity | Her official bio calls her the first African-American woman to win the Miss Louisiana Tech University title; no further detail documented |
| Undergraduate | Louisiana Tech University, B.A. in political science |
| Law school | Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge (J.D.), ranked first in her class per her official bio |
| Legal background | Sidley Austin (New York), then Manhattan District Attorney’s Office |
| Pageants | Miss Louisiana 2000; first runner-up, Miss America 2001 |
| Husband | Kenny Lattimore (married March 8, 2020) |
| Children | Two together: daughter Skylar (January 2023), son Roman (May 2026); one stepson |
| Major TV | Judge Faith (2014 to 2018), Divorce Court (2020 to 2022), Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins (2022 to present) |
| Current role | Host and executive producer of Killer Relationship; author; speaker |
| Parents, siblings, net worth | Not independently verified in the sources reviewed |
Who is Judge Faith Jenkins?
She is a licensed attorney and media personality. Her official site describes a legal career in New York that ran from Wall Street litigation to family court to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
She is called “Judge Faith” because of her television role. On court shows she acts as an arbitrator, not as a judge appointed or elected to a government court. How TV court shows legally work explains why the title is accurate for the screen but different from a real judgeship.
Early life and childhood in Louisiana
Wikipedia reports that she graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. Her official biography says she is originally from Louisiana and describes sharing her “personal story of perseverance and determination” with students during her pageant year.
She has not published a detailed childhood account in the sources reviewed. This article does not guess at family anecdotes or motivations.
Judge Faith Jenkins’ parents and siblings
No reliable source reviewed names her parents or describes their professions. She has kept that part of her life largely private.
Some low-quality biography sites claim she has a twin sister. None of them cites an interview, record or credible report, so the claim is treated as an unsupported rumor. The reviewed reliable sources neither confirm a twin nor name any sibling.
Education: Louisiana Tech and Southern University Law Center
According to her official biography, she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at Louisiana Tech University. She was also the first African-American woman to win the Miss Louisiana Tech University title. Wikipedia cites a Louisiana Tech alumni profile that lists her as class of 1999, though I could not open that page.
She then earned her J.D. at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Her site says she ranked first in her law class. Her graduation year was not verified.
Miss Louisiana and Miss America 2001
She won the Miss Louisiana title in 2000 and competed at Miss America 2001, where she finished as first runner-up. A contestant from Hawaii won the crown, according to ABC News coverage cited by Wikipedia.
Her record also includes the Quality of Life award for community service, plus preliminary wins in swimsuit and talent. Her site says she is the only contestant to take all three awards in the pageant’s history. That superlative comes from her own biography and was not independently checked.
The documented duties of her year were public speaking and school visits. She says she spoke to students in economically depressed areas and in juvenile prisons and boot camps. The pageant gave her a national platform, but it was her legal career that built the credibility behind her later television work.
How Judge Faith Jenkins started her legal career
She began at the New York office of Sidley Austin. Her site says she represented high-profile clients in complex commercial matters, including class action securities fraud defense, white-collar and regulatory investigations, and breach of contract disputes.
She spent five years as a litigator there. Her specific cases are not named in the sources reviewed, so this article does not describe any.
Her work as a prosecutor in Manhattan
After Sidley, she joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as a criminal prosecutor. Her official biography says she handled hundreds of cases and was lead attorney in numerous jury trials. Her homepage adds that she prosecuted many domestic violence cases.
The shift changed the kind of law she practiced. Civil litigation, like her work at Sidley, resolves disputes between private parties, usually over money. Criminal prosecution means the government charges a person with a crime, and the prosecutor must prove it to a jury.
Her homepage also mentions New York family court in her career summary. Dates for the family court and prosecutor roles are not given.
Judge Faith Jenkins as a legal commentator
Her site says she appeared regularly on CNN, Fox News and HLN before signing as an analyst with MSNBC. She posted that she officially joined MSNBC on March 11, 2014.
Her best-documented assignment was the George Zimmerman trial in Florida. She analyzed it daily across the three major cable networks and appeared nightly on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation from jury selection to verdict.
An analyst explains and critiques a case for viewers. She does not represent a party or decide anything. Whether she still holds an MSNBC contract today is not stated in a dated source I could find.
What was the Judge Faith TV show?
Her new show was announced on May 29, 2014 and premiered on September 22, 2014. It was a syndicated, arbitration-based court show produced by Trifecta Entertainment and The Tornante Company, according to Wikipedia’s show page.
Arbitration is private dispute resolution. Both sides agree in advance to let a neutral person decide, and a court can generally enforce that decision because of the contract. A government court works differently, because its authority comes from the state and the parties do not opt in. The specific agreements used on Judge Faith are not public in the sources reviewed.
Jenkins later described the show’s cases as small-claims-type disputes. The ending needs careful wording because three events are often blurred. Production ended in 2017, the show was cancelled in 2018, and reruns ran into early September 2018. Sources also disagree on whether it had three or four seasons.
Jenkins told the Columbus Dispatch in 2020 that it was cancelled after the financier behind the production company pulled out. No other explanation is documented.
Judge Faith Jenkins on Divorce Court
In March 2020 she was named to replace Lynn Toler. Fox Television Stations’ executive said her energy would build on the legacy of Mablean Ephriam and Toler. Jenkins said she started watching the show in law school.
The show moved from small claims to relationships. She told the Dispatch that the emotional element is “higher than handling small-claims cases.” Divorce Court is a relationship-driven court show, not a family court. A sitting family court judge does something different, as the profile of Judge Vonda Bailey shows.
Her predecessors are covered on JusticeFaces in Judge Mablean Ephriam’s biography and Judge Lynn Toler’s biography. Her first episodes were taped in Atlanta in summer 2020.
What happened to Judge Faith Jenkins?
The chronology is simple. Judge Faith ended in 2017 and 2018. She moved to Divorce Court in 2020 and left in 2022, when Star Jones was announced as her successor, starting that September.
No source reviewed gives an official reason for the exit. One trade-adjacent report noted that her episodes taped the previous year would keep airing until September. Speculation online links her exit to her Oxygen series, but that is not established.
She was not reported fired or in any dispute. Her next projects were Killer Relationship, her book and motherhood.
Judge Faith Jenkins and Kenny Lattimore
Kenny Lattimore is a Grammy-nominated R&B singer. TheGrio refers to his 1996 hit “For You.”
The couple met on a blind lunch date arranged by music producer Aaron Lindsey, according to Us Weekly’s reporting as relayed by EURweb. They talked for two hours, and she has said no sparks flew right away.
They went public in September 2019 and got engaged that fall, according to Essence’s wedding report. They married on March 8, 2020 at First Congregational Church in Los Angeles, with DeVon Franklin officiating. It was days after her Divorce Court hiring was announced.
It was her first marriage and his second.
Judge Faith Jenkins’ baby and daughter
The couple announced the pregnancy in August 2022. Their daughter, Skylar Leigh Lattimore, was born in mid-January 2023. Wikipedia gives January 17, and Essence reported the birth “last week” on January 24.
Jenkins was 45 when she became a mother. She was born September 21, 1977, so she had turned 45 in September 2022, four months earlier. Beyond her name and birth month, this article leaves out details about the child.
How many children does Judge Faith Jenkins have?
She has two children with Kenny Lattimore. Roman Robert Lattimore was born over Memorial Day weekend 2026, per theGrio. Jenkins was 48 then.
Lattimore has one older son, Kenny Lattimore Jr., from his marriage to singer Chanté Moore. TheGrio calls Roman Lattimore’s third child overall. Kenny Jr. is Jenkins’ stepson, not her biological child, so the household includes three children and she has two of her own.
How old is Judge Faith Jenkins?
She is 49 as of October 11, 2026 (born September 21, 1977). Wikipedia’s infobox still says 48, which is out of date.
Several reports support 1977. BET’s dated archive shows a post about her 45th birthday on September 21, 2022, and 2019 and 2022 articles give ages of 42 and 44.
What is Judge Faith Jenkins’ ethnicity?
Her official biography calls her the first African-American woman to win the Miss Louisiana Tech University title. That is the only self-published descriptor found. No source reviewed documents her ancestry in more detail, and this article does not infer it.
Judge Faith Jenkins’ net worth and sources of income
No reliable source establishes her net worth. Aggregator sites quote figures of roughly $2 million to $4 million with no disclosed method.
Documented work includes television hosting and executive producing (she is EP through Faith in Justice Productions on Deadline’s report), cable commentary, and a published book. Her site also has a booking page. None of these sources states what she earns.
What is Judge Faith Jenkins doing in 2026?
She hosts Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins on Oxygen. Season 4 premiered November 9, 2025 with ten episodes. I found no confirmation of a season 5.
She wrote Sis, Don’t Settle, a dating advice book from Hachette. It was published in November 2021, and her site promotes the book and a “Sis, Don’t Settle Mentor Mail” newsletter.
Her most recent verified personal news is Roman’s birth in May 2026. She is not hosting Divorce Court, and no source I reviewed shows her returning.
Career timeline
| Year | Event | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Born September 21 | High |
| 1999 | Louisiana Tech graduate (per alumni profile cited by Wikipedia) | Medium |
| 2000 | Miss Louisiana | High |
| 2001 | First runner-up, Miss America 2001 | High |
| Not dated | J.D., Southern University Law Center, first in class | Medium |
| Not dated | Five years at Sidley Austin, then Manhattan DA | Medium |
| 2014 | Joins MSNBC (Mar 11); Judge Faith announced (May 29), premieres Sept 22 | High |
| 2015 | Justice by Any Means premieres on TV One (Dec 7) | Medium |
| 2017 to 2018 | Judge Faith production ends, cancelled, reruns end | Medium |
| 2019 | Relationship public (Sept); engagement (fall) | High |
| 2020 | Named Divorce Court judge (Mar); marries Kenny Lattimore (Mar 8) | High |
| 2021 | Sis, Don’t Settle published (Nov) | High |
| 2022 | Killer Relationship premieres (Jan 16); Star Jones named successor; pregnancy announced (Aug) | High |
| 2023 | Daughter Skylar born (mid-January) | High |
| 2025 | Killer Relationship season 4 (Nov 9) | High |
| 2026 | Son Roman born (Memorial Day weekend) | High |
Frequently asked questions
How old is Judge Faith Jenkins? 49. She was born September 21, 1977.
Who is her husband? Singer Kenny Lattimore. They married March 8, 2020.
Does she have a baby? She has two young children: Skylar (January 2023) and Roman (May 2026).
How old was she when she had her baby? 45 when Skylar was born and 48 when Roman was born.
How many children does she have? Two with Lattimore. He also has a grown son from a prior marriage.
Does she have a twin sister? Not confirmed. Only low-quality sites claim it, with no source.
Who are her parents? No reliable source names them.
What is her ethnicity? Her site calls her the first African-American woman to win Miss Louisiana Tech University. No further detail is documented.
What is her net worth? Not independently established. Published figures are unsourced estimates.
What happened to her? She left Divorce Court in 2022 and went on to Killer Relationship, her book and motherhood.
Is she still on Divorce Court? No. Star Jones took over in September 2022.
What happened to the Judge Faith show? Production ended in 2017 and it was cancelled in 2018. She says it ended after its financier withdrew.
Where did she go to law school? Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge.
How did she meet Kenny Lattimore? On a blind lunch date set up by producer Aaron Lindsey.
What is she doing now? Hosting Killer Relationship, writing and speaking, and raising two young children.
Conclusion: her career beyond the courtroom
Her path runs from commercial litigation to prosecution to cable commentary to court television. Each step used the one before it, and few television arbitrators come with a prosecutor’s trial record.
The distinction that matters is between her real legal work and her screen title. For related profiles, see Judge Glenda Hatchett, Judge Mathis and the full famous judges archive.