Judge Michael Corriero Joins ‘Hot Bench’

CBS Television Distribution’s syndicated court series, Hot Bench, will add Judge Michael Corriero to the three-judge bench. Corriero will join Judges Patricia DiMango and Tanya Acker beginning Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Hot Bench creator Judge Judy Sheindlin said: “I am thrilled to introduce Judge Michael Corriero to the Hot Bench audience. We first met as young lawyers. Judge Corriero brings a new dimension to Hot Bench and I’m convinced that the audience will immediately embrace the wisdom of his judgment fine-tuned during his 28-year judicial career.”

Sheindlin, who headlines the No. 1 program in syndication, Judge Judy, makes a special appearance on Hot Bench on Monday, Oct. 31, trying two cases with DiMango and Acker. 

Also, on Oct. 31, in a separate case, Judge Jerry Sheindlin will appear on the panel with DiMango and Acker as a special guest judge. Jerry Sheindlin was a judge on the New York State Supreme Court for 17 years, presiding over 85 murder cases.  He was also the presiding judge on The People’s Court from 1999 to 2001.

Prior to joining Hot Bench, Corriero was the executive director and founder of the New York Center for Juvenile Justice.  Before that he was the executive director of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City from 2008 to 2010.

He previously served as a judge in the New York State Court for 28 years. He was appointed to the New York State Court of Claims in 1990.  From 1992 to 2008, Corriero presided over Manhattan’s Youth Part, a court set aside within the adult court system to deal exclusively with the cases of 13-,14- and 15-year-olds who are charged with the most serious and violent crimes.

He was appointed to the New York State Supreme Court in 1989 by then-Gov. Mario Cuomo and also served as a judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York from 1980 to 1989.