Judy Sheindlin

Judith Susan Sheindlin is a retired American attorney, court-show arbitrator and television personality. For 25 seasons from 1996 to 2021, she starred in her eponymous court show Judge Judy. She became the longest-serving television arbitrator in courtroom-themed programming history, a distinction that earned her a place in the Guinness World Records in 2015, and received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2019 for her work. Sheindlin has received twenty-six Daytime Emmy Award nominations, winning six times.