A word to the wise at CBS: You will never win in her courtroom. If Pope Francis had legal matters in front of the judge and she did not like him, she would not rule in his favor. She would get that Judge Judy look on her face and in her eyes: you are guilty.

CBS better get ready to have slam down her gavel.

Judge Judy laid down the law while negotiating her hefty salary, she said in a newly unveiled deposition.

CBS had "no choice" but to pay the no-nonsense jurist what she wanted, lest she produce the show herself, she said.

"Their back's to the wall," Judy Sheindlin bragged about CBS's bargaining position, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "I can produce this show myself."

She said she uses the threat while negotiating with CBS's president during a meal every three years, in which she hands over a list of demands, including calls for pay raises.

"We sit across the table, and I hand him the envelope and I say, 'Don't read it now, let's have a nice dinner. Call me tomorrow. You want it, fine. Otherwise, I'll produce it myself," she testified.

One year, when then-CBS head John Nogawski brought his own envelope, she flatly told him: "This isn't a negotiation."

The Brooklyn-born Sheindlin was testifying in a suit brought against her bosses that claims the network pays her too much.

Plaintiff Rebel Entertainment is due 5 percent of the show's net profits, because it is the successor to the talent group that originally packaged the program back in the 1990s.

"I haven't seen him or heard from him in over 21 years, "I think I said something like for him to complain about my salary when he's made ... 17 million dollars ... for what was perhaps two, three hours worth of business, that, to me, is obscene."

Also, a word to individual going before her: If you are on unemployment or Social Sec disability, your case is almost lost for that. The Judge does not seem that those two things are not entitlements. You pay in ,and if you need it, they pay out.

She also has issues with people who take medication for mental health issues — can you say "hello" to the 1900? Even worse, her thinking belongs in the dark ages — not in 2017.

I did have the pleasure of meeting her in a talk show. In the green room she was thoughtful and pleasant. The meeting was fun; meeting her in her court of law would not be fun. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS.COM