Emily Compagno

Emily Rose Compagno (born November 9, 1979) is an American attorney, TV host, and former National Football League (NFL) cheerleader who currently appears as a contributor on Fox News Channel (FNC).While appearing on numerous FNC programs, she most often appears as a semi-regular co-host on The Five.

Compagno was born on November 9, 1979 in Oak Knoll, California and raised in El Cerrito, California, the daughter of Katherine (née Bertsch) and John Compagno. Her father is of Italian descent and her mother is of German descent. She has two sisters. Her great-grandfather, William Harry Bertsch earned a Silver Star during World War II. The "Rose" in Emily's name honors William Bertsch's wife.

She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington where she was awarded the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps' Cadet of the Quarter Award. In 2006, she graduated with a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2006. After passing the California bar, she worked as a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco while also serving as captain of the Oakland Raider's cheerleading squad, the Raiderettes. The NFL selected her as an Ambassador and she promoted the NFL brand in Beijing and Shanghai; and was one of five NFL cheerleaders selected to visit U.S. troops with the USO stationed in Iraq and Kuwait. Compagno was a Senior Judge Judicial Extern for the John T. Noonan at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She then went on to work as the federal managing attorney and Acting Director at the Social Security Administration. She has also held legal positions in Cape Town, South Africa, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In 2018, Compagno accepted a position at Fox News as a contributor and legal analyst.She currently serves as a semi-regular co-host of the weekday talk show The Five, and periodically appears on other Fox News programs in her contributor role, offering opinions of the news of the day.