Judge Judy Sheindlin led a long career in New York courtrooms before banging her gavel on TV.

Since the 1990s, Judy Sheindlin has been known for resolving legal disputes in her televised courtroom. Her television career began on Judge Judy, which ran for more than 6,000 episodes from 1996 ...

Petri Hawkins-Byrd, a former court officer, explains how writing a letter to Judge Judy Sheindlin led to him getting hired as the bailiff on 'Judge Judy,' where he starred for 25 years.

Judith Sheindlin, a.k.a. Judge Judy, told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview whether she thinks family court or court televised for the masses is better.

Hawkins-Byrd was hired and remained Judge Judy’s right-hand man for all 25 seasons of the show, from 1996 to 2021, when she decided to end it.

Judge Judy is back on the TV bench with "Justice on Trial," and that death stare still slices through the legal bull as if it never stopped. Judith Sheindlin, 82, who became TV's daytime super ...