Justice Sotomayor Earns $1M-Plus Advance for Memoir, Pays Off Big Dental Bills

Justice Sonia Sotomayor has apparently paid off her dental debt, estimated to range from $15,000 to $50,000 on last year's financial disclosure form.

The justice’s new disclosure form, released on Friday, shows she received a $1.175 million advance for her coming-of-age memoir, report the New York Times, the Associated Press and Dow Jones Newswires. Alfred A. Knopf is the publisher.

Sotomayor still had some credit card debt, however, the Times reports. The amount was less than $15,000 each on four different accounts. None of the other justices listed credit card debt.

Justice Thomas also wrote a memoir, published in 2007, and earned more than $1 million for his work.

Hat tip to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog.

Prior coverage:

ABAJournal.com: “Justices’ Disclosures Reveal Souter’s Kindle, Sotomayor’s Dentist Debt”