Faith Elizabeth Lattimore (néeJenkins; born September 21, 1977) is an American attorney, legal commentator and media personality.[1] On March 11, 2014, she joined MSNBC as a legal analyst.[2] She was the presiding judge over the long-running courtroom series Divorce Court from 2020 to 2022. She was also the arbitrator on Judge Faith, a daytime court show, where she rendered decisions in a television courtroom.[3] The court show ended production in 2018.[4]
Jenkins was involved in beauty pageants and won several major titles. She was the first African-American woman to win the Miss Louisiana Tech title. In 2000, she won the Miss Louisiana title and advanced to compete in the Miss America 2001 competition, where she was named first runner-up, winner of the Quality of Life award, and preliminary winner in swimsuit and talent.[5]
On March 8, 2020, Jenkins married singer Kenny Lattimore. In August 2022, they announced that they were expecting their first child. Their daughter, Skylar Leigh Lattimore, was born on January 17, 2023.
Jenkins has appeared on CNN, MSNBC,[7] Fox News Channel[1] and Fox Business Channel as a legal analyst, on shows including Fox & Friends, The O'Reilly Factor,[1][7]Hannity,[1]Politics Nation with Rev. Al Sharpton, Studio B with Shepard Smith, Happening Now, Lou Dobbs Forum, Your World with Neil Cavuto, and Willis Report, as well as truTV's In Session. She has also contributed opinion editorials addressing current events in the New York Daily News.
On May 29, 2014, it was announced that she would headline as a judge on daytime TV show Judge Faith,[3] a "nationally syndicated arbitration-based court" TV series[8] which premiered September 22, 2014[7] and ended in 2017.
