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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jerry Sheindlin
JUDY SHEINDLIN: Most memorable case that I had in the family court was about the state and certain agencies who conspired, although not maliciously, had conspired to remove a child from his mother and kept them apart for seven years, kept the child in a foster home for seven years.
JERRY SHEINDLIN: I think that one of the greatest forces to end capital punishment would be to show it as it actually occurs.
JERRY SHEINDLIN: Well, there hasn't been an arrest, but I've had situations where I refused to allow a litigant to call a witness who I knew was about a testify to something which would incriminate them in a criminal matter, and that's happened on several occasions.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jerry-Sheindlin   (534 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Judith Sheindlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Judith Sheindlin (born Judith Blum on October 21, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American family court judge, who after retiring in 1996 became famous by hosting her own syndicated court show, Judge Judy.
Sheindlin attended American University in Washington, DC graduating in 1963 and then went on to New York Law School, receiving her law degree in 1965, and practiced family law for many years in New York, before being appointed to the bench.
The implication is that her TV show is a continuation of this; many http://www.usfca.edu/pj/realjudge_banks.htm critics would counter that while reality courtroom shows may raise the level of interest in the legal system, they encourage a distorted view of both the system and its participants.
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 CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jerry and Judy Sheindlin Discuss Laying Down the Law on TV - September 12, 2000
JERRY SHEINDLIN: I said yes, and interestingly enough, the defense lawyers were Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld.
JERRY SHEINDLIN: Yes, I had to learn it as I was trying the case.
JERRY SHEINDLIN: So in Paris, her show is not broadcast, as it is in some other foreign countries.
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 SR.com: Playing judge and Judy
Judith Sheindlin, familiarly known as television's Judge Judy, fixes the offender with her trademark brace-yourself-buddy glare.
She doesn't love you like your mother does," Sheindlin told him, delivering her lecture in the pitiless tone so at odds with her visual image: a petite woman, dwarfed by a realistic courtroom setting, with her fl robe softened by a dainty lace collar.
Sheindlin says her unexpected second career has given her "a wonderful 10 years." She's contracted for four more, through the 2009-10 season.
www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=116863   (763 words)

  
 Jerry Sheindlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judge Gerald (Jerry) Sheindlin (born 1934 in NYC) was a judge on The People's Court from 1999 to 2001.
Before serving as a television jurist, Judge Sheindlin was a sitting judge on the New York State Supreme Court.
Judge Jerry Sheindlin has two sons and a daughter; and Judy has 2 children, making a total of 5 children, Greg, Jamie, Jon, Adam and Nicole.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Sheindlin   (223 words)

  
 WGNT CW 27 Norfolk Portsmouth: Judge Judy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Judge Judith Sheindlin brings her trademark wit and wisdom to the widely successful half-hour series that takes viewers inside a television courtroom where justice is dispensed at lightning speed.
Though it was an emotionally taxing job, Judge Judith Sheindlin knew right away she had found her calling, quickly developing a reputation as a sharp, no-nonsense lawyer.
Judge Judith Sheindlin is credited with pioneering an "open court policy," allowing the public and the media to view her day-to-day proceedings, which was not a common practice at the time.
www.paramountstations.com /wgnt/upn27shows/local_story_1600328061_html   (984 words)

  
 Punchin' Judy
A small woman with intense eyes and aggressive bone structure, Sheindlin, a former Family Court judge in New York City, tacks a grannyish lace collar onto her fl robe ("A little white around the face is always good," she tells me) but treats litigants with a bloodless, take-no-prisoners style.
In the self-correcting world of television trends, for every anarchic Jerry Springer (one of the two fastest-growing syndicated daytime shows on television) there is a Judge Judy (the other fastest-growing syndicated daytime show) at the other end of the spectrum.
Now in its second year, Sheindlin's show ("real people, real cases, real decisions," says the Rod Serling-like announcer) is produced in Los Angeles, using mostly local small-claims-court matters having to do with car problems, the residue of road rage, and/or garden-apartment tenants gone quasi-postal.
www.nymag.com /nymetro/news/people/columns/image/3382/index.html   (1399 words)

  
 The Peoples Court
A native of New York, Sheindlin was a street kid from the Bronx before joining the Navy in 1951 during the Korean War.
He spent the next 22 years as a partner in Adlerberg and Sheindlin, concentrating in trials of criminal cases as a defense attorney.
Sheindlin lives in New York with his wife Judy, better known to millions as televisionâs Judge Judy (who Mayor Koch also appointed to the bench).
www.nytix.com /TV_Shows/PeoplesCourt/peoples_court.html   (339 words)

  
 Judge Judy: Profiles of Justice
Judge Judith Sheindlin brings her trademark wit and wisdom to the widely successful half-hour series that takes viewers inside a television courtroom where justice is dispensed at lightning speed.
After her appearance on "60 Minutes," Judge Judith Sheindlin was approached about the possibility of presiding over real cases with real consequences in a television courtroom.
Judge Judith Sheindlin is married to Jerry Sheindlin, a former Justice of the Supreme Court of New York.
www.judgejudy.com /Bios/allaboutjudy.asp   (1004 words)

  
 Judge Judy marks a decade of tough judicial love
Sheindlin was scheduled to receive a special Valentine Day's treat: her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sheindlin's popularity earns her a reported $30 million yearly.
Judge Judy Sheindlin presides over a case as her bailiff Petri Hawkins Byrd listens on the set of her syndicated show "Judge Judy," Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, at the Tribune Studios in Los Angeles.
www.azcentral.com /ent/tv/articles/0214judgejudy.html   (1068 words)

  
 Judge Judy marks decade of tough TV-court love
LOS ANGELES - Judith Sheindlin, known on television as Judge Judy, fixes the lawbreaker with her trademark brace-yourself-buddy glare.
For Judith Sheindlin, who is marking her 10th season on the air, enforcing justice is a full-time job.
Sheindlin's style has made her the star of one of TV's top-rated syndicated shows, watched by 10 million people daily.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0215judgejudy0215.html   (489 words)

  
 Judith Sheindlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheindlin, who was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish-American family, attended American University in Washington, D.C., graduating in 1963 and then went on to New York Law School, receiving her law degree in 1965, and practiced family law for many years in New York, before being appointed to the bench.
In 1982 she was appointed to the bench as a Family Court Judge by Edward Koch, mayor of New York, and was promoted to the rank of Supervising Judge for Manhattan (New York County) in 1986.
Judy and Jerry Sheindlin married a year later in 1977, were divorced in 1990, and remarried in 1991.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judith_Sheindlin   (782 words)

  
 Judy Judy Judy - 9/5/2005 - Broadcasting & Cable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sheindlin, who once considered careers as a comedienne and a ballerina, is a lawyer, judge and author.
Sheindlin's salary undoubtedly has impacted profits, having multiplied from roughly $500,000-$800,000 per year, standard for other TV judges, to a reported $30 million-$35 million in a new two-year deal starting in 2006—a $5 million yearly hike from her previous contract.
But Sheindlin kept striking out until she hooked up with the most unlikely of partners, Spelling's fledgling Big Ticket Television, which was geared toward comedies, dramas and TV movies.
www.broadcastingcable.com /article/CA6253696.html?verticalid=311&...   (1802 words)

  
 cantonrep.com - Judge celebrates a decade of tough Judycial love   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
LOS ANGELES - Judith Sheindlin, familiarly known as television’s Judge Judy, fixes the lawbreaker with her trademark brace-yourself-buddy glare.
She doesn’t love you like your mother does,” Sheindlin told him, delivering her lecture in the pitiless tone so at odds with the visual: A petite woman, dwarfed by a realistic courtroom setting, and with her fl robe softened by a dainty lace collar.
Sheindlin received a special Valentine Day’s treat last week: her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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 Judge Judy immortalised on Walk of Fame - TV & Radio - Entertainment
Former family court judge Judith Sheindlin, also known as Judge Judy, poses near her star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
US entertainer Merv Griffin and Sheindlin's husband Jerry, also a former New York judge who later presided over a rival show in which people aired their grievances in a televised "trial", attended the ceremony.
Sheindlin is known for her no-nonsense manner and insistence that people in her courtroom take responsibility for their actions.
www.smh.com.au /news/tv--radio/judge-judy-immortalised-on-walk-of-fame/2006/02/15/1139890796149.html   (408 words)

  
 Judge and fury - theage.com.au
In some ways, things haven't changed much for Judith Sheindlin since the 1980s, when she was the senior judge at New York's deeply troubled Family Court.
Since 1996, Sheindlin has been dispensing justice, not from a conventional courtroom, but from a television studio mocked up to resemble one.
After a couple of years, the former mayor became a former TV judge; Sheindlin, though, goes from strength to strength, and her shows are seen in Australia (Channel 10, 1pm weekdays) and in the UK.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/01/22/1042911433717.html   (1075 words)

  
 Judge Judy marks a decade of tough judicial love - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
Judge Judy Sheindlin presides over a case as her bailiff Petri Hawkins Byrd listens on the set of her syndicated show Judge Judy, last Thursday at the Tribune Studios in Los Angeles.
For Judy Sheindlin, marking her 10th season as the star of one of TV's top-rated syndicated shows in the United States, also seen in 20 other countries, enforcing justice is a full-time job.
Sheindlin received a special Valentine's Day treat in the form of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20060218T140000-0500_98961_OBS_JUDGE_JUDY_MARKS_A_DECADE_OF_TOUGH_JUDICIAL_LOVE_.asp   (1104 words)

  
 Tails of the City 3.0
Judge Jerry Sheindlin is fair, blunt and can smell a liar from 50 paces.
Judy and Jerry preside over two of the most popular syndicated programs on television and their fans are as loyal as an Elvis fan.
Prior to their television fame, Judy and Jerry were celebrated attorneys in New York — Judy in Family Court, Jerry in United States Administrative Law and Criminal Law.
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 JS Online: Judge Judy's justice is full-time
"You're drinking my tea?" she said to Jerry Sheindlin, her husband of 29 years, who's lunching alongside her during a production break on her court show.
She was referring to her own expectation of how judges should behave and, in a more expansive view, the world.
Sheindlin, 63, who reminds you she successfully raised five children and stepchildren, will not brook excuses from those she sees as skirting their duties.
www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=401384&format=print   (431 words)

  
 The Brunswick News
LOS ANGELES — Judith Sheindlin, familiarly known as television's Judge Judy, fixes the lawbreaker with her trademark brace-yourself-buddy glare.
If he had taken a minimum-wage job, say at a fast-food restaurant, and worked 10 hours a day, seven days a week, he could have met most of his financial obligation to the roomie.
She travels to work by private jet from the Naples, Fla., home she shares with her husband, a retired judge who also did his time in a TV courtroom with "People's Court." She flies in every other week to Los Angeles for three days of taping.
www.thebrunswicknews.com /front/289757410195704.php   (974 words)

  
 Ten years on, justice served - TV & Radio - Entertainment - theage.com.au
For Judy Sheindlin, marking her 10th season as the star of one TV's top-rated syndicated shows in the United States - also seen in 20 other countries including Australia - enforcing justice is full-time.
Judge Sheindlin received a special Valentine Day's treat this year when she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
New judges are crowding into the TV courtroom in the US, including Judge Alex and the upcoming Judge Maria Lopez, but Judy Sheindlin remains the queen bee with ratings that put her in the company of top syndicated performers including Oprah Winfrey.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2006/02/22/1140284077858.html   (701 words)

  
 CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: TV Judges Take Their Stands - January 18, 2000
KING: Judge Sheindlin, you replaced Ed Koch as host of "The People's Court" and also had the tough job of replacing kind of a legendary figure and married to a legendary figure.
And that boy should go back to his father because first and foremost he is a human being and he needs what all young male human beings need, and that is the input of a conscientious, concerned father.
SHEINDLIN: Well, listen, the prison system cannot be overcrowded, and then say that there are weak-minded judges that let people go.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0001/18/lkl.00.html   (7350 words)

  
 Judith (Judge Judy) Sheindlin Biography - Biography.com
Three months after her divorce, Judy met attorney Jerry Sheindlin; within a year, they were married, in 1978.
By 1982, Sheindlin’s growing reputation for assertiveness in court inspired Mayor Ed Koch to appoint her to a seat as a judge in criminal court just six months later.
As a judge, she continued to blend sympathy for the underdog with withering contempt for the arrogant or devious.
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 Judge Judy marks decade
Judith Sheindlin, television's Judge Judy, strikes a pose after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Valentine's Day.
Petri Hawkins Byrd, who served as Sheindlin's bailiff in New York and cuts an imposing figure in the same role on TV, admires her as "blunt, witty, sharp as a tack" and for her refusal to accept any nonsense.
A New York Times column recently accused Sheindlin of using the law as a bludgeon against the underclass: " The lower a party's apparent status, the harsher Judge Judy is free to be."
fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2006/022006/02202006/167985/printer_friendly   (1024 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Each show is introduced by announcer Jerry Bishop with the statement: You are about to enter the courtroom of Judge Judith Sheindlin.
Petri Hawkins-Byrd, Judge Judy's bailiff, with his absolutely sedate composure, is often a foil to the harsh and severe Judge Judy.
At one point, Sheindlin's show was even surpassing Oprah Winfrey's (which is syndicated by King World Productions, a corporate sibling of Judge Judy's distibutor, CBS Paramount Television), making her the highest-paid woman in television history at the time.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Judge_Judy   (835 words)

  
 KATZ PROGRAMMING RESEARCH
JERRY (2/7) continues to downtrend, delivering an 11 share in W18-49 and a 9 share in W25-54.
JERRY not only posted declines of 25-27% (-3 to –4 shares) from year ago time period, but has dropped 5-7 shares in key women versus his own November ’98 performance.
Jerry’s gang, along with THE SIMPSONS (6/9), FRASIER (5/9), and HOME IMPROVEMENT (5/7), are off 1-2 shares (if not flat) when compared to November ’98 time period.
www.katz-media.com /tv/TVProg/v16n1/NSIN99i.html   (2268 words)

  
 Strictly speaking, Judge Judy has built a big, loyal following | The San Diego Union-Tribune
A big air kiss came her way last year when her name was floated by novelist Kurt Vonnegut and a newspaper columnist as a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
But the show aims to be as “upscale as possible,” said Randy Douthit, the show's executive producer and director, avoiding Jerry Springeresque elements.
Sheindlin's unexpected second career has given her “a wonderful 10 years,” and she's contracted for four more, through the 2009-10 season.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060216/news_lz1c16judy.html   (801 words)

  
 Focus Alert
According to the Australia Courier-Mail, Sheindlin made an appearance in November where she said the debate about clean needle supplies for heroin addicts is an indulgence lead by "liberal morons." The solution is simple, she said.
It is likely that neither publication was aware of Sheindlin's "let 'em die" comments when they decided to pay tribute to her, so please write a letter both New York Magazine and People Magazine to say that Sheindlin needs a lesson in basic humanity much more than any award.
Now in her second marriage (to Judge Jerry Sheindlin, who recently replaced Ed Koch as the centerpiece of The People's Court), she is a long way from her previous jobs settling cases for a cosmetics concern and prosecuting juvenile delinquents in Bronx Family Court.
www.mapinc.org /alert/0141.html   (861 words)

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