Trivia

Her husband, Jerry Sheindlin, is also a retired judge and author.

Received her Bachelor's degree from American University in Washington, D.C. (1963).

Her $100 million, four-year contract, signed in 2004, makes her one of the highest-paid women in television (Forbes.com).

She proposed to her husband Jerry. She and Jerry performed the marriage ceremonies of all four of their married children. She divorced Jerry in 1990, and remarried him a year later, reportedly because she was grieving from her father's death and needed time to herself.

Former cosmetics firm lawyer. Spent 24 years as a Manhattan County court judge.

Ranked #13 by Forbes.com's list of the Richest 20 Women in Entertainment.

Her estimated net worth is $150 million.

Attended and graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York (1961).

Has three stepchildren with Jerry Sheindlin: stepsons, Gregory Everett Sheindlin (b. September 1964) & Jonathan Sheindlin (b. September 1967) and stepdaughter Nicole Sheindlin.

After 25 years of working as a prosecutor dealing with juvenile delinquents, she retired and began her show Judge Judy (1996), which debuted in 1996, was slow to begin, but became a success.

She and her husband Jerry Sheindlin maintained a luxury estate in ultra-rich Greenwich, Connecticut.

Before she had her own show, she was the feature subject of an article in the Los Angeles Times that led to a report widely seen on 60 Minutes (1968).

Is the most famous court show judge in television. Where other court shows have ended or failed, Judy's is the only one to last over ten years and still going strong. As a result, her popularity has grown, as well as her large fanbase, and Judy has achieved celebrity status. The People's Court (1981) original judge, Joseph Wapner's was very popular, until Wapner retired in 1993, lasting at-least eleven years. Wapner then was a temporary animal court judge of Animal Court (1998).

Received her Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School (1965).

Parodied by Cheri Oteri on Saturday Night Live (1975).

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 14, 2006.

Often parodied by Amanda Bynes on The Amanda Show (1999).

Currently resides with her husband Jerry Sheindlin in Naples, Florida. (November 2010)

In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $30 million.

Stepmother-in-law of Laurie Gail Pila (born 1977), wife of Gregory Sheindlin. She took part in their wedding on May 12, 2012 in New York City.