Petri Hawkins Byrd, Judge Judy Sheindlin’s trusted baliff, has stood by her side during approximately 12,500 cases. In 1995, after learning that Sheindlin was getting a TV show, Byrd wrote her a congratulatory letter and jokingly added that he was available for work. When the synergy with an actor during a test shoot wasn’t to Sheindlin’s liking, she reached out to Byrd.
