David Young is an American judge, who starred on '' Judge David Young'', a daytime nationally syndicated

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. He is the first openly

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TV judge. He also hosts the ''Justice with a Snap!'' radio show on the

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channel on

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and

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, both owned by Sirius XM Radio, Inc.

Personal life

After serving as president of the student body government as an undergraduate at

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, Young attended the

University of Miami School of Law The University of Miami School of Law (Miami Law or UM Law) is the law school of the University of Miami, a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. Founded in 1926, it is the oldest law school in South Florida, graduating its first ...

. He subsequently became an elected judge in the

Miami-Dade County Miami-Dade County () is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most-populous coun ...

judicial system, until his resignation from the bench in 2007 to star in his own daily television court show. Scott Bernstein and David Young got married on December 21, 2014. Scott Bernstein is also an elected judge in the Miami-Dade County judicial system. In 2002, Young completed

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's program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as
David BohnettLGBTQ Victory Institute
Leadership Fellow.

Career

Young was an assistant state attorney under

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when she was

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. In 2000, he was elected Circuit Court judge in

. The local Republican Party tried to recruit him as a congressional candidate in 2004 but the party's negative stance towards gay politics convinced him to join the Democratic Party. His last day as a circuit judge was declared "Judge David Young Day". He is also a member of the board of the Humane Society. Young presided over the America West Flight 556 case, in which two

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pilots were convicted of trying to fly a plane while drunk. After his two year television career, Young was elected back to the Circuit Court of Miami-Dade County, Florida, without opposition in 2016 and again in 2022. He is currently the Judge in the Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner Divorce Case.

Television show

Young became the first openly

TV judge as the star of a daytime syndicated court show, ''Judge David Young''.

Satellite radio show

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. announced on May 4, 2009 the launch of ''Justice with a Snap!'', a new radio show hosted by Young. It airs on Saturdays on both

and

on the

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