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Judge Alex Ferrer

Judge Alex is a United States syndicated courtroom television show that debuted September 12, 2005. The host/arbitrator is Hon. Alex Ferrer. The show tapes in Houston on KRIV-TV.

Ferrer was born in Havana, Cuba on October 18 1961, but emigrated to the United States with his family a year later. Aged 19, Ferrer became one of the youngest police officers in the state of Florida. Aged 24 he left the Coral Gables police force to study law. He went on to earn his JD degree from the University of Miami School of Law, where he became a published member of its Law Review. He currently serves as Judicial Director of the university's Alumni Association. Upon receiving his degree, Ferrer practiced law in Miami, focusing on civil litigation, including hundreds of suits involving medical malpractice, wrongful deaths, personal injuries and commercial business disputes.

In 1995, he then became an Associate Administrative Judge in the Criminal Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, which covers Miami-Dade County, where he spent ten years presiding over thousands of criminal cases. He also presided as an appellate judge over appeals from the Miami-Dade County Court, County Commission and numerous other governmental bodies. In 1999, he was elected by to serve as District Representative to the Executive Committee of the Conference of Circuit Court Judges, a position he held until 2001.

He is a member of the Florida Bar and the District of Columbia Bar Association. He has been an adjunct professor at Florida International University, and teaches media relations to other judges at The New Judges College and The College of Advanced Judicial Studies, as well as at various national conferences.

Judge Ferrer resides in Miami, Florida with his wife and two children.

It was announced on May 1, 2007 Judge Alex has been renewed for a fourth (2008-2009) season.

He appeared on the January 27, 2007 episode of 1 vs. 100. On July 6, 2007, Ferrer appeared on the Fox News Channel's Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.

• Judge Alex Official Web Site.
• IMDb (TV program info)
• IMDb (Judge Ferrer info)

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