Cristina Perez | |
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Born |
New York City, New York |
October 27, 1968
Nationality | American |
Other names | Judge Cristina Perez, Cristina Perez Gonzalez, Juez Cristina Perez |
Occupation | Television Personality, Television Court Judge, Attorney |
Known for | Justice For All with Judge Cristina Perez, Cristina’s Court and La Corte de Familia |
Spouse(s) | Christopher Gonzalez |
Cristina Perez (born October 27, 1968) is an attorney, television personality, writer and American TV judge.
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. Perez is best known for presiding over cases in the shows La Corte del Pueblo (1999–2000) and La Corte de Familia (2000–2005) on the Telemundo network.
In September 2006 Perez's book Living by Los Dichos: Advice from a Mother to a Daughter was published by Simon & Schuster.
In March 2010, Perez's second book It's All about the Woman Who Wears It: 10 Laws for Being Smart, Successful and Sexy Too (published by Penguin Books) was released.
She is married to Christopher Gonzalez.
She hosted the syndicated American arbitration-based reality court show, Cristina's Court, which debuted in 2006. It was filmed at KRIV, the FOX owned-and-operated station in Houston. This made Perez one of four Hispanic judges that presided over an English-language American TV judge show, along with Maria Lopez (Judge Maria Lopez), Alex Ferrer (Judge Alex), and Marilyn Milian (The People's Court). The show was Executive Produced by Peter Brennan and directed by Arthur Bergel.