First Show Appearance: Totally Illin' Played by: Debbie Smith
After putting herself through law school by trapping muskrats and selling their pelts to local furriers, Cleopatra Badger became a lawyer for personal injury and traffic violation cases. After putting in 20 years of hard work arguing cases, she ran for and won the Mechanicsburg, PA seat for municipal judge. While shouting at a network TV producer for parking in a loading zone, she was offered a job as a TV judge, and she took it.