A little over a year after the 60 Minutes special, Sheindlin accepted an offer in 1995 to preside in a new reality courtroom series, featuring “real cases with real rulings.”

Her syndicated court show Judge Judy debuted on September 16, 1996, and ran for 25 seasons until July 23, 2021. She was accompanied by her bailiff Bailiff Byrd, simply called “Byrd” or “Officer Byrd”, who became the longest-serving bailiff in courtroom programming history.

Judith Sheindlin siblings: Meet David Blum

David holds a degree in Pharmacy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA from the University of Leicester and is certified by the Israeli Ministry of Health as Appointed Pharmacist, QP & QPPV.

David has about 30 years of experience working with at least a dozen companies dealing in pharmaceuticals, drug discovery, and medical device development and has held positions of influence spanning business development, plant management, supply chain management, manufacturing, CMC development, quality assurance, regulation, and pharmacovigilance.