--- description: A young Marilyn J. Mosby worked to resolve a personal legal matter. title: Baltimore's Top Prosecutor Once Made Her Case to Judge Judy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Baltimore's Top Prosecutor Once Made Her Case to Judge Judy by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2015 2:16 AM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2015 2:16 AM CUT Before she made national headlines by indicting six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby [made an appearance](http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bal-marilyn-mosby-prosecutor-in-freddie-gray-case-made-her-first-public-court-appearance-on-judge-judy-20150527-story.html "undefined") on the small screen for a more personal legal matter. A young Marilyn James made her case before none other than Judge Judy Sheindlin, the fiery host of the popular TV courtroom show, a spokesman for her office [confirmed](http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bal-marilyn-mosby-prosecutor-in-freddie-gray-case-made-her-first-public-court-appearance-on-judge-judy-20150527-story.html "undefined") to the Baltimore _Sun_. The 20-year-old appeared before the judge to seek damages after discovering her neighbor trashed her college apartment while she was away on summer break. According to her [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/marilyn-mosby/39/3ba/585 "undefined") profile, Mosby attended Tuskegee University between 1998 and 2002, before heading to Boston College Law School. The future prosecutor upstaged her neighbor in the courtroom, presenting receipts, photos and checks to aid her case. The defendant, on the other hand, offered little more than a shrug. In the end, the young Mosby told the viewing audience there was “finally some justice served” when Judge Judy ruled in her favor and awarded her $1,731.90. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3900933/baltimore-marilyn-mosby-judge-judy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3900933/baltimore-marilyn-mosby-judge-judy/"},"headline":"Baltimore's Top Prosecutor Once Made Her Case to Judge Judy","datePublished":"2015-05-29T02:16:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:27.677Z","description":"A young Marilyn J. Mosby worked to resolve a personal legal matter","url":"https://time.com/3900933/baltimore-marilyn-mosby-judge-judy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Viral Videos","baltimore"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3900933/baltimore-marilyn-mosby-judge-judy/","name":"Baltimore's Top Prosecutor Once Made Her Case to Judge Judy"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Baltimore Requests DOJ Probe","description":"Baltimore is investigating police practices after the death of Freddie Gray in Police Custody","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2rrBiijd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-28T15:33:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2rrBiijd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3900933/baltimore-marilyn-mosby-judge-judy/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3900933/baltimore-marilyn-mosby-judge-judy/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```