

In August 2017, she renewed her contract for "Judge Judy" for the final time. This did not prevent her from renewing her contract, or from negotiating an annual salary increase. In March 2011, Sheindlin was hospitalized after suffering a a mini-stroke.

In 2006, she received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Sheindlin won several awards and honors over the following two decades. Her viewers reportedly liked to see "wrongdoers publicly humiliated by a strong authority figure". She accepted an offer to preside in a new reality courtroom series, which became the ratings hit "Judge Judy". She had reportedly heard more than 20,000 cases in her career. She started work on her first book: "Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining" (1996). She was soon featured in a segment on "60 Minutes". In 1993, Sheindlin was the subject of an article in the "Los Angeles Times". She acquired a reputation for toughness and harshness in her new role. In 1986, she was promoted to the rank of the supervising judge in the family court's Manhattan division. In 1982, Sheindlin was appointed as a criminal court judge by Ed Koch, the Mayor of New York City (1924-2013, term 1978-1989). She helped raise her three stepchildren, two of which pursued legal careers of their own. In 1977, she married the judge Jerry Sheindlin. She acquired a reputation for her "no-nonsense" attitude. In her role as a lawyer, Sheindlin prosecuted child abuse cases, domestic violence and juvenile crime. In 1972, Sheindlin became a prosecutor in the New York family court system. This marriage lasted until 1976, and ended in a divorce. In 1967, Sheindlin resigned from her job to focus for a while in the upbringing of her young children. They had two children within the first years of their marriage. Levy later became a prosecutor in juvenile court. In 1964, Sheindlin had married her first husband Ronald Levy. She was soon hired as as a corporate lawyer by a cosmetics firm. She earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1965, and passed the New York state bar examination within the same year. Sheindlin finished her law school education at the New York Law School, a private law school located in Tribeca, New York City. Sheindlin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in government. The university has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since its foundation, but religious affiliation is not a criterion for admission. Sheindlin started her college education at the American University, a private research university which was located in Washington, D.C. The high school offers students an education in the workings of American legal institutions. Sheindlin received her secondary education at the James Madison High School, an elite public high school located in the Madison subsection of the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. Her mother, Ethel, worked as an office manager.

Her ancestors were primarily German Jews and Russian Jews. In 1942, Sheindlin was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family.
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She subsequently presided over "Judy Justice" (2021-), the first standard courtroom series to broadcast new episodes exclusively through a streaming service. It was the highest Nielsen-rated court show for 25 years. She presided over the long-running court show "Judge Judy" (1996-2021), which "adjudicated real-life small-claims disputes within a simulated courtroom set". She is also a former prosecutor and family court judge.

Judy Sheindlin (born under the name Judith Susan Blum) is an American court show arbitrator and television producer from Brooklyn, New York City.
