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Judith Sheindlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Judith Sheindlin (also known as Judy Sheindlin or Judge Judy; born Judith Blum on October 21, 1942) is an American family court judge, author, and television personality. |
 | | 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. |
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