Cristina Pérez

Cristina Pérez born October 27 1968 is an American TV judge and author She is best known for presiding over cases in the shows La Corte del Pueblo 19992000 and La Corte de Familia 20002005 on the Telemundo network as well as Cristinas Court and Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez She was born in New York City raised in California to parents of Colombian descent received two BAs at UCLA and her JD at Whittier Law School  She hosted the syndicated American arbitrationbased reality court show Cristinas Court which debuted in 2006 In February 2009 the series was cancelled after three seasons Cristinas Court won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding LegalCourtroom Program in 2008 2009 and 2010 The 3 wins was a record until it was tied by Judge Judy in 2017 She returned to the court show genre in the fall of 2012 with Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez a court show with real cases that are reenacted with actors and scripts She is the first Hispanic judge to cross over from Spanishlanguage to Englishlanguage television Justice for All aired in both English and Spanish In July 2013 the show was renewed for two further seasons