Marilyn Milian
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Marilyn Milian (born May 1, 1961 in Queens, New York) was a former Miami Circuit Court judge and is the current host of The People's Court. She is the first female judge to preside over the long-running "People's Court," and the first Hispanic judge to sit on the bench of any English language television court show.
Born to Cuban parents, Milian attended the University of Miami for her undergraduate degree and graduated cum laude from Georgetown Law School. 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.
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 every week for three days of filming) with their three children, Cristina, Alexandra, and Sofia.