Judge Marilyn Milian, the current judge of The People's Court, has presided over cases since 2001.

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Milian is the first female judge to preside over the preceding long-running show and the first Hispanic judge to sit on the bench of any English language television court show.

On September 20, 2006, Milian received the "Groundbreaking Latina of the Year" award from Catalina magazine and the National Association of Latina Leaders.

Early life and education

Born to Cuban parents, Milian attended the University of Miami for her undergraduate degree and graduated cum laude from Georgetown Law School. The University of Miami is a private university founded in 1925 with its main campus in the city of Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... Georgetown University, formally the The President and Directors of the College of Georgetown, is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded on January 23, 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll, it is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest Jesuit...

Legal career

Milian worked as an Assistant State Attorney for the Dade County State Attorney's Office. She was appointed to the position by Janet Reno, who was then the district attorney for the county. In 1999, Florida governor Jeb Bush appointed her to the Miami Circuit Court. In 2001, she replaced Jerry Sheindlin as judge of The People's Court. She is currently in her seventh season on the show. Miami-Dade County (formerly known as Dade County) is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida. ... Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938) was the 78th Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001), and was the first woman to hold that post. ... A district attorney is, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminals. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... John Ellis Jeb Bush (born February 11, 1953), a Republican, is the forty-third and current Governor of Florida. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Judge Gerald (Jerry) Sheindlin was a judge on The Peoples Court from 1999 to 2001. ...

Personal

Milian is married to Judge John Schlesinger, a former Assistant United States Attorney who was recently elected to the same county judgeship in the Miami area that Judge Milian occupied before moving to The People's Court. He and Milian live in Coral Gables, Florida (she travels to New York City every week for three days of filming) with their three children, Cristina, Alexandra, and Sofia. The City Beautiful Location of Coral Gables in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...