Greg Mathis: Short Biography, Net Worth & Career Highlights

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Former judge of the 36th District Court of the State of Michigan, Greg Ellis Mathis, was born on 5 April 1960, in Detroit, Michigan, and rose to prominence as the TV reality show “Judge Mathis” arbiter, which show he has been working on since 1999, a run of 16 seasons for the program so far. In addition to judging in real life and on television, Greg Mathis has published several books, considerably supplementing his net worth.
So just how rich is Greg Mathis, as of mid-2017? The latest estimations by celebrity dot money put the net worth of Mathis at 25 million dollars - currently he receives five million dollars per year salary for working on the syndicated reality TV court show “Judge Mathis”.
Greg Mathis was raised with three elder brothers by his mother Alice Lee Mathis. As a teenager, Greg was involved in street gangs, and as a result had trouble with the law, often leading to arrest. While he was imprisoned in the Wayne County Jail, his mother told him that she was sick with colon cancer, and because of this diagnosis, Greg received early probation, one condition of which required him to start working, actually at McDonald’s. He subsequently graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration, however, Mathis was disallowed from practicing law as long as he had an unrequited criminal past, but after graduating from the University of Detroit Mercy he was elected a district court judge for Michigan’s 36th District, and worked there for a five year period.
Greg Mathis subsequently became very active in politics – beginning as an assistant to Clyde Cleveland who worked as a member of the city council. Afterwards, he worked as the head of Jesse Jackson’s Presidential campaign, and Coleman Young’s mayoral re-election campaign. Later, he ran the east side city hall, but since 1999 Greg has been judge on the television program “Judge Mathis”, which is very popular up to date through its sixteen seasons, and is the longest-running television court show by far. In 2004 the show won the NAACP Image Award, and currently the show has its own website on which people are able to buy tickets to the show, check the schedule, watch it online or even submit their own case.
Another popular website belongs to Greg Mathis himself, on which there is the possibility of submitting questions to the judge, or having a look through legal resources. There is also the facility to read about Mathis’ personality and life history.
In addition, Greg Mathis is an author – he wrote the novel entitled “Street Judge” (2008) together with Zane, which is about the life of a judge whose work includes solving murders. The second book, which Greg wrote alone, is called “Of Being a Judge to Criminals and Such” – both have contributed to his bank account.
In his personal life, Greg Mathis has been married to Linda Reese since 1985; the family has two daughters and two sons, and continues to reside in Detroit.