Judy Sheindlin

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Judy Sheindlin
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Sheindlin at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
Born
Judith Susan Blum

(1942-10-21) October 21, 1942 (age 78)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • judge
  • television personality
  • author
  • arbitrator
Years active
  • 1965–1982 (attorney)
  • 1982–1996 (judge)
  • 1996–present (television personality)
Known forJudge Judy
Spouse(s)
Ronald Levy
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(m. 1964; div. 1976)​
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(m. 1977; div. 1990)​
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(m. 1991)​
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Judith Susan Sheindlin (née Blum; born October 21, 1942),[2] known professionally as Judge Judy, is an American television personality, television producer, author, and a former prosecutor and Manhattan family court judge.

Sheindlin passed the New York State bar examination in 1965 and became a prosecutor in the family court system. In 1982 New York City Mayor Ed Koch appointed her as a judge, first in criminal court, then later as Manhattan's supervising family court judge in 1986.

From September 16, 1996, to July 23, 2021, Sheindlin presided over the arbitration-based reality courtroom television series, Judge Judy.[2][3] The show spent much of its original run as the highest Nielsen-rated program in daytime television and a top performer in all of syndicated programming. The series also won three Daytime Emmy Awards.

Through starring on Judge Judy, Sheindlin became the longest-serving television arbitrator in courtroom-themed programming history, a distinction that earned her a place in the Guinness World Records in 2015.[4] She has additionally received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2019 for her work.

In late 2021 or early 2022, Sheindlin will launch a spin-off series, Judy Justice, another court show featuring her handling of legal disputes.[5]

Early life[]

Sheindlin was born Judith Susan Blum in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, to a Jewish family, from Germany, Russia, and Ukraine.[6][7][2][8] She described her father, Murray, a dentist,[9][10] as "the greatest thing since sliced bread" and her mother as "a meat and potatoes kind of gal."[11]

Sheindlin attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn before going on to American University in Washington, D.C., where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in government. She finished her law school education at New York Law School, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1965.[12]

Legal career[]

Sheindlin passed the New York state bar examination in 1965, the same year as her graduation, and was hired as a corporate lawyer for a cosmetics firm.[2] Within two years she became dissatisfied with her job and left to rear her two children. She was made aware of a position in the New York court system as a prosecutor in the family courts in 1972.[2] In her role as a lawyer, Sheindlin prosecuted child abuse cases, domestic violence and juvenile crime.[2]

By 1982, Sheindlin's "no-nonsense" attitude inspired New York Mayor Ed Koch to appoint her as a criminal court judge.[2] Four years later, she was promoted to supervising judge in the family court's Manhattan division.[2] She earned a reputation as a "tough" judge (though she has disagreed with the labels "tough" and "harsh"),[13] known for her quick decision-making.[11]

Entertainment career[]

In February 1993, Sheindlin's reputation made her the subject of a Los Angeles Times article, written by Josh Getlin (inspired by his wife, Heidi, both of whom Sheindlin credits with her rise to fame)[14] profiling her as a woman determined to make the court system work for the common good.[2] She subsequently was featured in a segment on CBS's 60 Minutes that brought her national recognition.[2] This led to her first book, Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining, published in 1996. She retired as a family court judge that same year after having heard more than 20,000 cases.[2]

Judge Judy[]

Main article: Judge Judy
Judge Judy stands next to a portrait of herself (2005)

After combination of the Los Angeles Times article, the 60 Minutes special, and her first book, Sheindlin was approached about starring in a new reality courtroom series, featuring "real cases with real rulings." She accepted the offer, and her syndicated court show, Judge Judy, debuted on September 16, 1996.[15]

Through its entire series lifespan of new episodes, Judge Judy remained number 1 Nielsen-rated among all court show programming and regularly drew approximately 9 to 10 million viewers daily.[16] By as early as its third season, viewership for Judge Judy surpassed frequent daytime ratings leader, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Judy's ascendancy at that point lasting for three consecutive television seasons from 1998-99 through 2000-01. By the 2009–10 television season, Judge Judy once again began attracting more daytime viewers than The Oprah Winfrey Show (Winfrey having led daytime ratings for nearly a decade prior to that).[17] From that season onward for the next 12 years to its series close, Judge Judy was the highest rated show in all of daytime television programming and first-run syndication.[18] The series breathed new life into the court show genre with numerous arbitration-based reality courtroom programs following in its path. Author Brendan I. Koerner has commented on the popularity of Judge Judy:

Court-show viewers don't seem to want moral conundrums or technical wrinkles. They love Sheindlin's show because she offers them a fantasy of how they'd like the justice system to operate—swiftly, and without procedural mishaps or uppity lawyers. They get to see wrongdoers publicly humiliated by a strong authority figure. There is no uncertainty after Sheindlin renders her verdict and bounds off the bench, and there certainly are no lengthy appeals.[19]

A 2013 Reader's Digest poll supported Koerner's statements, revealing that Americans trusted Judge Judy more than all nine justices of the United States Supreme Court.[20]

The program had integrated itself into American popular culture.[12] In 2003, VH1 named Sheindlin one of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons."[21] References to Sheindlin—typically as "Judge Judy", though often satirical—have appeared in multitudes of television programs and other media, including ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!;[20] Fox's The Simpsons as Judge Constance Harm (voiced by Jane Kaczmarek); NBC's Will & Grace; UPN/The CW's America's Next Top Model; NBC's The Weakest Link; ABC's The Practice; the Academy Awards; the book America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart;[12] a skit by Vicki Lawrence portraying Thelma Harper/Mama on "Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday" celebration;[22] drag queen Bianca Del Rio portraying Judge Judy on RuPaul's Drag Race; etc. Sheindlin has also been parodied on Saturday Night Live and The Amanda Show as Judge Trudy.

The Judge Judy courtroom series earned Sheindlin numerous awards and honors, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 2006;[23] induction into Broadcasting & Cable's Hall of Fame in October 2012;[24][25] being awarded vice presidency of the UCD Law Society in April 2013;[26] being presented with the Gracie Allen Tribute Award from the Alliance for Women in Media;[21] being awarded the Mary Pickford Award by the Hollywood Chamber Community Foundation at the 2014 Heroes of Hollywood;[27] etc.

One award Sheindlin's series had difficulty winning was a Daytime Emmy Award. By 2011, her program had been nominated 14 consecutive years without winning.[28][29] Due to Sheindlin's program debuting in 1996 and largely predating the "Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program" Emmy category (first included in 2008 when Judge Judy had completed its 11th season), most of the show's history of nominations were grouped with unrelated television programming. Prior to 2008, Judge Judy was grouped in the talk show category of the Daytime Emmy Awards whenever nominated.

Nonetheless, the Daytime Emmy Awards did not name Judge Judy as winner of the legal courtroom category in any of the category's initial years, including 2008, 2009, 2010, nor 2011. In mid-2012, an article from the New York Post reported that Judge Judy was snubbed by the award show by not even being nominated that year despite its distinguished status and rank as the highest Nielsen-rated court show since its debut.[30] In an interview with Entertainment Tonight (ET) on May 3, 2013, Sheindlin was questioned about the subject and responded:

I don't know. You know, somehow it would sort of break the spell. The show has been such a tremendous success that I'm almost afraid to think about winning—because so many of those shows that did win are no longer with us. So I say to myself 'you want the Emmy or you want a job? (laughing) Which one do you want?'[31]

On June 14, 2013, Judge Judy won its first Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program, having received its 15th nomination.[32] The program won again in 2016 and 2017. Sheindlin's status as longest-serving judge or arbiter in courtroom-themed programming history and having the longest-running program of the continuous series run court shows (Divorce Court and The People's Court, the only court shows with more seasons, hampered with cancellations, revivals and judge's seat casting changes) rewarded her a place in the Guinness World Records on September 14, 2015—in sync with the Judge Judy 20th-season anniversary celebration during that same time period.[33]

Sheindlin has drawn considerable attention and made significant headlines over her substantial salary from the program. In early 2005, Sheindlin's salary was reportedly US$25 million per year.[19] Her net worth at the beginning of 2007 was $95 million, and she ranked #13 on the Forbes top 20 richest women in entertainment.[34] In January 2008 when Sheindlin's contract was renewed, her salary increased to $45 million per year. After her salary was increased to $47 million annually in May 2011, it was reported in October 2013 that Sheindlin was the highest-paid TV star. Her $47 million annual salary translated into just over $900,000 per workday (she worked 52 days per year taping cases for Judge Judy).[35] According to Forbes, Sheindlin earned $147 million, pretax, in 2017.[36]

Sheindlin briefly considered retirement in early 2010 during the latter part of her 14th season on Judge Judy. Sheindlin's Judge Judy contract at the time was set to end after the 2013-14 television season (show's 17th).[37] Sheindlin was quoted at the time as stating, "I think 2013 would be a nice time. It's nice to leave on top. I would consider this a great adventure." On March 30, 2011, Sheindlin was admitted to the hospital after she fainted on the set of her show while handling a case. She was released the next day, and it was later learned that she suffered a mini-stroke.[38] However, in May 2011, Sheindlin's contract was extended through to the 19th season with an annual salary increase by CBS to $47 million.[39][40] Sheindlin later stated that her retirement is up to her viewers and when they tire of watching the program, which she believes will inevitably happen one day. At that time, however, Sheindlin stated that fans still seem to be interested and taking something out of the court show.[41] Sheindlin admitted the court show is "seductive" and hard to give up. Sheindlin said, "I'm not tired. I still feel engaged by what I do, and I still have people who like to watch it."[42]

In August 2017, CBS Television Distribution and Judge Sheindlin signed a contract extension through the 2020-21 television season (the show's 25th season).[43] Sheindlin later revealed in a March 2020 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that the series would conclude by its 25th season anniversary.[44] The final taped case aired on June 8, 2021, while the show's series finale aired on July 23, 2021.[45] Sheindlin voluntarily ended the series in the midst of discontentment with ViacomCBS and lawsuits from Rebel Entertainment, feeling as well that "25 is a good round number" to go out on top with.[46] Sheindlin's spin-off series Judy Justice will follow a similar arbitration-based court format, only with full ownership over the series.[47]

To honor the 25th and final season of the series, Josh Getlin (writer of the 1993 Los Angeles Times article that Sheindlin credits as catapulting her television show stardom[48]) wrote another news article on Sheindlin. The publication—posted on June 8, 2021 (same day the final taped case aired)—explained the background of the 1993 article and Getlin's relationship with Sheindlin.[48]

Judy Justice[]

Main article: Judy Justice

Sheindlin will preside over another arbitration-based courtroom series, a spin-off of Judge Judy, entitled Judy Justice. The program will air first-run episodes through streaming on IMDb TV through broadcast distribution by Amazon Studios. It will be the first edition to the court show genre to air first-run episodes through a streaming platform. Judy Justice will premiere in late 2021 or early 2022. While Sheindlin has promised to use the same adjudicating techniques that she used on Judge Judy, she has expressed desire to abandon some traditional courtroom conventions such as the black judicial robe in favor of another color.[49]

External media appearances and participation[]

Since the success of Sheindlin's Judge Judy courtroom series, she has been interviewed on many talk and cable news broadcasts over the course of her career. These talk and cable news programs include Entertainment Tonight (numerous appearances), The Wendy Williams Show,[50] Katie (numerous appearances),[51] Larry King Live (numerous appearances),[52] The Roseanne Show, The View (numerous appearances), Donny & Marie,[53] The Talk,[54] The Tonight Show, Dateline NBC, 20/20, etc.[55] On October 17, 1998, Sheindlin made a surprise guest appearance on Saturday Night Live, comedically interrupting one of Cheri Oteri's regular parodies of her presiding on Judge Judy.[56] That same year, Sheindlin appeared as herself in a cameo scene presiding over her Judge Judy courtroom show in the 1998 American made-for-television crime drama film CHiPs '99.[57] Also resulting from her Judge Judy show stardom, she served as a judge for the 1999 Miss America pageant.[50]

Early on in her celebrity on February 21, 2000, the Biography program aired a documentary film on Sheindlin, "Judge Judy: Sitting in Judgment" (later released on home video). This 60-minute documentary captured Sheindlin's entire life story (dating back to her childhood), legal career, authoring career, entertainment career, etc. The special also featured input from those closest to Sheindlin and those who knew her best.[58][59] On December 23, 2008, Sheindlin shared about her life on Shatner's Raw Nerve, in which she was interviewed by William Shatner.[60] A year later in December 2009, Sheindlin again told the story of her life, legal career, authoring career, and entertainment courtroom career from an updated perspective in a two-hour interview for Archive of American Television.[61] Sheindlin launched an advice-sharing website,"whatwouldjudysay.com", in May 2012. According to Sheindlin, the goal of the then new website was to share her personal ideas and outlooks on life, as well as have a forum to discuss a variety of topical issues affecting people's lives. In a free-wheeling 60-minute interview conducted by Katie Couric on September 17, 2013, for the 92nd Street Y, Sheindlin elaborated on previously-undisclosed fun facts of her life story and long career in the family court.[62][63]

In 2014, Sheindlin founded her own production company, entitled Queen Bee Productions. Queen Bee Productions is behind the making of the arbitration-based reality courtroom series Hot Bench.[64] Hot Bench, conceived by Sheindlin, debuted on September 15, 2014. The courtroom series features a panel of three judges debating and deciding on cases brought to their TV courtroom. Stated Sheindlin, "When my husband Jerry and I were in Ireland recently, we visited the courts and watched a three-judge bench, which I found both fascinating and compelling. I immediately thought what a terrific and unique idea for a television program that brings the court genre to the next level. We have assembled three individuals with extremely varied backgrounds to serve as the judges. They are smart and talented, with terrific instincts and great chemistry, and are sure to create a hot bench." The panel of judges consists of New York State Supreme Court judge Patricia DiMango and Los Angeles attorneys Tanya Acker and Larry Bakman (Bakman has since been replaced on Hot Bench by Michael Corriero). As with Judge Judy, Hot Bench is executive-produced by Randy Douthit and produced by CBS Television Distribution.[65][66] Sheindlin originally desired the title of her personal courtroom series to be Hot Bench before producers ultimately settled on Judge Judy.[67][68][69]

On August 31, 2016, it was reported that CBS has a scripted, semi-autobiographical drama series in the works based on the life of Sheindlin. The program title will be Her Honor. The show has been described as following the youngest judge in New York who, while proficient at handling family court cases, has a personal life that needs work. Executive producers of the program include Sheindlin herself, Chernuchin, Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson. Chernuchin was a writer for the legal drama series Law & Order.[70][71][72]

In 2017, Sheindlin created a game show called IWitness that debuted on July 10 and ran for 6 weeks. The game show puts the contestant's observational skills to the test, requiring them to view video clips and recall what they have witnessed faster than their competitors.[73] On September 17, 2017, Sheindlin appeared on the series premiere of Fox News Channel's Objectified hosted by Harvey Levin. The program's first episode took an inside look at Sheindlin's life.[74]

The National Enquirer issued a formal apology in the September 2017 edition of their magazine for false statements, defaming Sheindlin as having cheated on her husband and having suffered from Alzheimer's disease along with brain damage. In addition, they apologized to her daughter Nicole Sheindlin for defaming her as having a jail record.[75]

Sheindlin and her program appeared on a November 26, 2017 broadcast of Curb Your Enthusiasm, presiding over a sketch comedy court case with Larry David as the plaintiff. The pseudo-Judge Judy case took the appearance of an actual case from Sheindlin's program, taking place from the show's courtroom set with trademarked voice-over briefs, theme music and audience response.[76]

In 2018 Sheindlin appeared as a guest on Norm Macdonald Has a Show on Netflix.[77]

Non-media projects and community work[]

Sheindlin (along with her stepdaughter Nicole Sheindlin) is the creator, director, and spokesperson for an alliance designed to empower young women, entitled "Her Honor Mentoring".[78][79]

In September 2017, Sheindlin funded a space for public debate at the University of Southern California. The purpose of the forum was for "free exchange of ideas by well-meaning people."[80]

Authoring and literature projects[]

Sheindlin has authored seven books. In 1995, Judge Sheindlin published her first book, Don't Pee On My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining, in which she offers her insight into how and why the family court fails in its mission to impact shattered families. Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever, her second book, was published in January 1999. Her first children's book entitled, Win or Lose By How You Choose was published in 2000, followed by You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover the next year. Sheindlin's third book for adults, Keep It Simple, Stupid: You're Smarter Than You Look, also on the New York Times best seller list, published in 2000, shares her wisdom and opinions on solving family issues.[81] On April 25, 2013, Sheindlin released another book that is inspired by one of her instructional catchphrases encouraging romantic partners to be judicious with regard to domestic partnerships.[82] In September 2014, Sheindlin celebrated the opening of her 19th season by giving out her latest book, What Would Judy Say: Be the Hero of Your Own Story, for free.

  • Sheindlin, Judith (1996). Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-092794-1.[12]
  • Sheindlin, Judith (1999). Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever. Harper Paperbacks. ISBN 0-06-092991-X.[12]
  • Sheindlin, Judith (2000). Keep It Simple, Stupid: You're Smarter Than You Look. Cliff Street Books. ISBN 0-06-019546-0.[12]
  • Sheindlin, Judith (2000). Win or Lose by How You Choose. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-028780-2.[12]
  • Sheindlin, Judith (2001). You're Smarter Than You Look: Uncomplicating Relationships in Complicated Times. Harper Paperbacks. ISBN 0-06-095376-4.[83]
  • Sheindlin, Judith (2013). What Would Judy Say? A Grown-Up Guide to Living Together with Benefits. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-4839-3167-8.[82]
  • Sheindlin, Judith (2014). What Would Judy Say: Be the Hero of Your Own Story.

Personal life[]

In 1964, Judy married Ronald Levy, who later became a prosecutor in juvenile court. They moved to New York and had two children, Jamie and Adam,[2] and divorced in 1976 after 12 years of marriage.[2]

In 1977, she married Judge Jerry Sheindlin, who was an arbitrator on The People's Court from 1999 to 2001.[2] They divorced in 1990, partially as a result of the stress and struggles that Judy endured after her father's death that same year.[2] They remarried a year later. She has three stepchildren with Sheindlin: Gregory, Jonathan and Nicole, and 13 grandchildren.[2] Jonathan is a retinal surgeon,[84] and Greg and Nicole are lawyers. Nicole is the co-creator (along with her stepmother) of the Her Honor Mentoring program.

Sheindlin owns homes in several states, including Connecticut,[85] New York,[86] Florida,[87] and Wyoming.[88] She commuted to Los Angeles every other week for two to four days to tape episodes of Judge Judy.[42][86] However, in May 2013, she bought a $10.7 million condominium in the Los Angeles suburb of Beverly Hills.[89] In 2018, Judy and her husband announced spending $9 million on the Bird House, a 9,700-square-foot property on 3.67 acres in Newport, Rhode Island that was owned by Dorrance Hill Hamilton.[90]

Sheindlin holds honorary Doctor of Law degrees from Elizabethtown College and the University at Albany, SUNY.[81]

Sheindlin is a registered Independent.[91] She is a supporter of same-sex marriage and,[92] although she has said that she is not a supporter of "big government", she believes that the issue of same-sex marriage should be handled at the federal level rather than on a state-by-state basis.[93] Sheindlin has stated that she is in favor of increasing requirements for gun ownership.[94] She prefers not to be labelled by political terms, and states that she is not registered with any political party. When asked about the 2012 presidential elections, Sheindlin stated that while she voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 (as well as voting for Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, respectively in 1980 and 1984, and 1992 and 1996), she did not care for either of the leading candidates in the 2012 United States presidential election.[95] In October 2019 Sheindlin penned an op-ed endorsing Michael Bloomberg for president, despite the fact that he had not announced a campaign.[96][97] In January 2020 she released an ad supporting him saying, in part, "I like to say you can judge someone's character by what they've done; Mike Bloomberg has done amazing things, and will be a truly great president".[97][98] She later campaigned alongside him.[99]

Legal issues[]

In March 2013, a lawsuit was filed against Sheindlin by Patrice Jones, the estranged wife of Randy Douthit, executive producer of the Judge Judy court show. Jones alleged Douthit and Sheindlin had conspired to permit Sheindlin to buy Christofle fine china and Marley cutlery owned by Jones. She said Sheindlin had paid Douthit $50,815 for the items without her knowledge to deprive her of her valuables,[100] and she sought $514,421 from Sheindlin. The suit was settled out of court after Sheindlin returned the tableware to Douthit, and Jones agreed to pay him $12,500 and have the tableware handed back to her.[101]

On March 12, 2014, Sheindlin filed a lawsuit for the first time in her life. It was filed against Hartford, Connecticut personal injury lawyer John Haymond and his law firm. In the lawsuit, Sheindlin accused Haymond and his firm of using her television image without consent in advertisements that falsely suggested she endorsed him and his firm. Sheindlin's producer allegedly told the firm that use of her image is not permitted in March 2013, but ads continued to be produced. The lawsuit filed in federal court sought more than $75,000 in damages. Sheindlin said in her statement that any money she wins through the lawsuit will go toward college scholarships through the Her Honor Mentoring program. Sheindlin further stated, "Mr. Haymond is a lawyer and should know better. The unauthorized use of my name is outrageous and requires legal action."[102][103][104] Haymond later filed a countersuit for punitive damages and attorney's fees, alleging defamation of him and his firm by Sheindlin.[105] Haymond insisted that local affiliates asked him to appear in Judge Judy promos to promote Sheindlin for which he obliged.[106][107] On August 8, 2014, it was reported that the case between Sheindlin and Haymond settled out of court in a resolution that favored Sheindlin. Haymond donated money to Sheindlin's charity, Her Honor Mentoring.[108]

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