TV Judge is a job title given to individuals who preside over court cases on television. Judy Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, is a retired family court judge from New York City who has been the star of her own courtroom show since 1996. AMY Coney Barrett is an American lawyer and jurist who currently serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Joseph A. Wapner was an American jurist who served as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and was the first judge to preside over the reality court show The People's Court from 1981 to 1993.