Judge Judy earned $47 million per year. For more than two decades, Judy Sheindlin — known to her adoring audience as Judge Judy — delivered famously withering verdicts from the bench in her daytime TV show of the same name. Although Judge Judy was encased in courtroom-esque fiction and the disputes on the show were not decided in a real court of law, Sheindlin is a real judge, and she made real money for her sharp-tongued legal smackdowns — a lot of it.
I remember when I appeared before her in NYC on real cases! I prepped and prepped and made sure I was ready because she had zero patience for anything less. Experiences I’ll never forget.