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Judge Greg Mathis
Judge Greg Mathis is a national figure known for his advocacy campaigns for urban youth and equal justice. His inspirational life story of a street youth who rose from jail to judge has provided hope to millions who watch him on the Emmy® nominated, award-winning television court show "Judge Mathis" each day.
Mathis's public service career began in college where he led Free South Africa and voter registration campaigns on campus, while also working nights at McDonald's as a swing manager. After graduating from college in 1983, he joined the staff of Detroit City Councilman Clyde Cleveland and continued to work as an advocate for equal justice, currently serving as the chairman of Reverend Jesse Jacksonâs Rainbow PUSH. Mathis is also a national board member of both the NAACP and the Morehouse School of Medicine.
In his efforts to reach out to youth and ex-offenders both in and outside of the courtroom, Mathis opened the Mathis Community Center in his hometown of Detroit and has assisted thousands of youth through his non-profit agency Young Adults Assertin
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Judge Mathis
This article is about the television series. For the eponymous arbiter of this court show, see Greg Mathis.
1999 American TV series or program
Judge Mathis is an American arbitration-based realitycourt show presided over by Judge Greg Mathis, a former judge of Michigan's 36th District Court and Black-interests motivational speaker/activist.[1][2]
The series ran for 24 seasons from September 13, 1999, to May 25, 2023. The series ran in first-run syndication during its active years. The series saw Judge Greg Mathis adjudicating small claims disputes from his studio courtroom set. The series is NAACP Image Award winning, as well as the first court show featuring an African American jurist to win Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program.
The series was produced by Telepictures Productions and AND Syndicated Productions, while distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.[3] The courtroom series was filmed in front of a studio audience at the NBC Tower in Chicago, but included cases and litigants
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Mathis, Greg 1960–
Television judge
Expelled from School
Pursued a Career in Law
Inner City Miracle
Selected writings
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As one of the several real-life judges who have moved into televised studio courtrooms as hosts of reality-based dispute-resolution shows, Greg Mathis enjoys solid ratings for his hour-long Judge Mathis television show. But the no-nonsense jurist had already tasted a certain degree of celebrity in his hometown, Detroit, as a former gang member who went to law school and was eventually elected as a judge; his life story became the basis for a local play. Mathis has always stressed that it was the wisdom and faith of a kind judge that helped change his life. Before he turned 40-years-old, Mathis’s unusual life story had already attracted the attention of Hollywood producers. He negotiated a film and book deal with the Warner Entertainment Group, which created the Judge Mathis show.
Judge Mathis debuted in 1999 as one of several reality-based court television programs in syndication, and Mathis viewed the career move to television as pa
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