Gerald “Jerry” Sheindlin is a well-known American author, television personality, jurist, and attorney who has spent many years as a trial judge serving the New York Supreme Court. He had a bit of a television career in 1999 and became a television arbitrator when he replaced former New York City Mayor Ed Koch as the presiding judge on The People’s Court
Gerald “Jerry” Sheindlin previously served in the Army during the Korean War, he received a B.A. from Long Island University and an L.L.B. from Brooklyn Law School, in 1959.
Who is Jerry Sheindlin wife Judy Sheindlin?
Judy Sheindlin better known as Judge Judy is the wife of Jerry Sheindlin. The duo has had their ups and downs in their relationship to have it come this far. The couple had first gotten married in 1978 and they divorced in 1990, partially as a result of the stress and struggles that Judy endured after her father’s death that same year.
Following Jerry Sheindlin’s television career as a trial judge, he was put in competition with his wife Judith Sheindlin. Judge Judy is an American court show arbitrator, media personality, television producer, author, women’s advancement philanthropist, and former prosecutor and Manhattan family court judge.
And for 25 seasons and years, Judge Judy’s show has been a major program to watch on screen, serving our television with the best of captivating drama in the courtrooms of the Manhattan Family Court.
Luckily, they remarried in 1993. They have no biological children together but together they share a wonderful family where Judge Judy has three stepchildren with Sheindlin: Gregory Sheindlin, Jonathan Sheindlin, and Nicole Sheindlin, and 13 grandchildren.
Jonathan is a retinal surgeon, and Greg and Nicole are lawyers following in their father’s footsteps. Nicole is the co-creator (along with her stepmother) of the Her Honor Mentoring program.
Before Judge Judy met and married her current husband Jerry Sheindlin, she was previously married for 12 years to Ronald Levy, who later became a prosecutor in juvenile court.
They moved to New York and had two children, Jamie Hartwright and Adam Levy. Judy and Ronald divorced in 1976 after 12 years of marriage.
