Gerald "Jerry" Sheindlin (born November 19, 1933) is an American author, television personality, jurist and attorney. He spent many years as a trial judge serving the

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. After serving in the Army during the Korean War, Sheindlin received a B.A. from

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and a L.L.B from

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, in 1959. He is the author of two books, ''Genetic Fingerprinting: The Law and Science of DNA Evidence'' and ''Blood Trail''. Following his career as a trial judge, Sheindlin became a television arbitrator when he replaced former New York City Mayor

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as the presiding judge on ''

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'' in the fall of 1999. This put him in competition with his wife

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, a fellow former judge who presided over top-rated court show ''

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'', which ran for 25 seasons from 1996 to 2021 and led to spin-off courtroom streaming series ''

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''. Jerry presided over ''The People’s Court'' for the 1999–2000 season and most of the 2000–2001 season, after which he left the series and was replaced by

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Personal life

He is married to

Judy Sheindlin Judith Susan Sheindlin (''née'' Blum; born October 21, 1942), known professionally as Judge Judy, is an American court show arbitrator, media personality, television producer, author, women's advancement philanthropist and former prosecutor an ...

, better known as Judge Judy (so named after her court TV series). The two married in 1978, a second marriage for both. They were divorced in 1990, but they remarried in 1991. Sheindlin has 3 children (Gregory, Jonathan and Nicole), 2 stepchildren (Jamie and Adam Levy), and 13 grandchildren. Jonathan A. Sheindlin is a retinal surgeon"Bio: Dr. Jonathan Sheindlin"
, NYU Langone Medical Center and Greg, Adam and Nicole are lawyers.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheindlin, Jerry 1933 births Living people New York Supreme Court Justices Television judges Writers from Greenwich, Connecticut Writers from New York City American male writers 20th-century American Jews Brooklyn Law School alumni 21st-century American Jews