Joe Black, (b. July 5, 1947) in Washington, DC, and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He earned the bachelors around political science & the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at UCLA, before moving to Memphis, TN in 1974.

Joe 'last became a 1st African American prosecutor in the Memphis. He would late open his have law practice prior to becoming the Judge on the State Criminal Courts for Shelby County, TN.

Red was click into a national spotlight when presiding above James Earl Ray's last appeal for Ray's conviction for the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and caught the attention of Judge Judy's producers. A syndicated Judge Joe Brown show premiered in 1998. A series is syndicated by Paramount Television.

Coolio was once the litigant on the Judge Joe Brown indicate. Judge 'last's court international relations and security network't really the court sustaining its have jurisdiction, it acts further prefer an arbitration forum for settling disputes.

Black married Deborah Herron around December 2001 in Oxnard, CA.