Jerry Sheindlin Biography

Jerry Sheindlin is a former lawyer and professional judge. He gained popularity for being friendly and full of humor. After retiring as a judge, he began his career in television. As a television personality, he has worked for many well-known television shows such as The People’s Court , Entertainment Tonight , and Biography . His marital relationship with one of the highest paid television presenters Judge Judy Sheindlin also propelled him to stardom.

Early life

Jerry Sheindlin was born on November 19, 1933 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He is a US national and belongs to the White American ethnicity.

Sheindlin grew up in New York with her family. During the Korean War, he joined the Army in 1951. But then he enrolled at Long Island University. He was a dedicated and talented student in college despite his low grades in high school. He completed his studies in two and a half years with an A grade.

After graduation, Sheindlin attended Brooklyn Law School, earning his law degree in 1959.

Career and lifestyle

Jerry Sheindlin began his career working at the law firm of Adlerberg & Sheindlin, where he spent more than two decades primarily handling criminal cases. In 1980, he was appointed as a United States Administrative Law Judge and served for a couple of years before becoming a New York Criminal Court Judge.

In 1986, Sheindlin served on the New York State Supreme Court. During her early judicial career, she had written more than 64 published opinions. At the time, he also authored a 46-page opinion on the admission of forensic DNA evidence in a murder case. In addition, Jerry is the author of two books Trail of Blood and Genetic Fingerprint .

After his retirement in 1999, Sheindlin joined the television show. The People’s Court as a short-lived judge. He worked on the show until he was replaced by Judge Marilyn Milian , in 2001.

Net worth, salary and earnings

Jerry Sheindlin has earned a fair amount of money from his career as a jurist, author, television personality, and lawyer. But the exact net worth of him has yet to be revealed. But it has been reported that the salary of the New York State Supreme Court judge was $208,000 in 2019. His wife Judy Sheindlin owns $420 million as a net worth

On the other hand, his wife Judy Sheindlin has an estimated net worth of $420 million, as of 2019. In 2018, he earned a hefty amount of $147 million.

In June 2019, veteran television personality Judy was paid $47 million from the television show. Judge Judy as Judge Judy. She joined the show in 1996 and her salary was $25 million at the time.

In November 2018, Judy made a hefty $100 million after selling Judith Sheindlin’s rights to Judge Judy to CBS. In August 2017, it made $200 million after the sale of Judge Judy Library to CBS TV Distribution.

The couple owns a five-bedroom condo at The Montage in Beverly Hills. Its value is $10.7 million. They also have a penthouse in Naples, Florida, where they currently reside. The house has four bedrooms and a closed lagoon. Its current value is $11 million.

In October 2017, Sheindlin dumped $8.5 million after buying a duplex in the Sutton Place neighborhood of the Upper East Side. The house has four bedrooms.

Married life with loving wife Judy Sheindlin

Jerry Sheindlin has been married twice. He has never talked about his first wife. But his second marriage to Judy Sheindlin is still going strong even though their long-term partnership has experienced some twists and turns. The lovebirds first met in a bar while he was a defense attorney and his wife was a prosecutor.

They were married in 1977. They welcomed their first child, a son Gregory Sheindlin , in 1964. They also gave birth to two other children, a son Jonathan Sheindlin in 1967 and a daughter Nicole Sheindlin in 1968. His wife Judy is a US attorney, former Manhattan Family Court Judge, and writer.

The husband and wife briefly divorced in 1990, after 14 years of marriage. Judy later said that she did not feel supported by her husband Jerry after her father’s death. But the couple rekindled and remarried a year later. She said in Closer Weekly,

I like having someone to worry about. I like to be paired. It’s natural for me. I learned the hard way that sometimes what you think makes you happy won’t.

The happy couple currently resides in Florida. In 2019, Jerry is 86 years old.