Obituaries
He was a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who became an unlikely American TV icon, a white-haired jurist who was dubbed the “Solomon of Small Claims.”
Feb. 26, 2017
California
Joseph M. Wapner, retired attorney and the father of retired Judge Joseph A.
July 31, 1992
A teenager arrested by Laguna Beach police on suspicion of felony vandalism is not, as the youth had claimed to police, the nephew of television’s Judge Joseph A.
Feb. 25, 1997
Archives
Among the inevitabilities of being a judge, especially a celebrated TV judge, is this: People give you gavels.
May 13, 2001
“People’s Court” Judge Joseph Wapner says judges should not be the people’s choice.
July 11, 1988
Police have arrested two men, one of whom identified himself as a nephew of television’s Judge Joseph A.
Feb. 24, 1997
“People’s Court” Judge Joseph Wapner, the silver-haired figure behind America’s most-watched small-claims court, brought himself, his son and his profession before the public Friday.
Oct. 14, 1989
Judge Joseph Wapner has been known to make some interesting pronouncements on his television show “People’s Court.”
March 18, 1988
Television
Boo to the critics of Judge Joseph A. Wapner!
Aug. 16, 1987
World & Nation
The popular television show “The People’s Court” has contributed to steadily increasing caseloads by litigants who often compare the presiding judges to Joseph Wapner, according to small-claims court officials.
Oct. 22, 1989