Judge Judy had 4 tough words for son Adam Levy when passing the TV gavel

Adam Levy has received plenty of blunt advice over the years from his mother, famed TV jurist Judy Sheindlin – known around the world as no-nonsense Judge Judy.

So when Levy got the call to take the family seat on the TV bench for his own syndicated court show, "Adam's Law," (premiering Sept. 14, check local listings), the former prosecutor received on-brand counsel from Mom, the show's creator and executive producer.

"She told me, 'Don’t screw this up,'" Levy, 58, tells USA TODAY.

It was the same sage advice Sheindlin, 83, gave her son − whom she shares with ex-husband Ronald Levy − before his first TV judge gig on Prime Video's "Tribunal Justice," on which he served alongside fellow judges, Tanya Acker and Patricia Di Mango.

But the stakes are even higher in "Adam's Law," with Levy sitting in TV judgment solo, just as his mother did in her superstar-making role in the syndicated courtroom classic, "Judge Judy," which ran from 1996 to 2021.

"She liked the idea of retiring after 30 years and passing the gavel onto me," Levy says. "If there's one thing people need to know about Judy, she doesn't blow smoke up anyone's backside, including…

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