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Mablean Ephriam Foundation - Our History
The Founder and President of Mablean Ephriam Foundation is Judge Mablean Ephriam, who presided over the Fox television show, Divorce Court from 1999-2006. She is a mother of four, grandmother of ten. She was born in Mississippi and raised in South Central Los Angeles. She has been admitted to the practice of law almost forty years.
MEF was birthed as an outgrowth of Judge Mablean’s personal and professional experiences. She is keenly aware of what is destroying our communities. The alarming rate of illiteracy and the declining quality of our educational system, especially in the inner-city schools. This compounded with the lack of adequate and affordable housing, high rate of unemployment, the dissipation of the family and declining moral values. Judge Mablean observed that these plagues result with the increased rate of fatherless homes, divorce, unwanted pregnancies, drug abuse and suicide, especially in African-American and Latino-Hispanic families. She witnessed the widening gap between the haves and have-nots, the advantage
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Judge Mablean Ephriam is one of the most recognized jurists in America. She attributes her success to God, her family and close friends. Her faith, religion and trust in God keeps this mother of four and grandmother of ten, meek and humble.
Born to Robert and Mable Ephriam in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, Judge Mablean has called California home from a very young age. She is no stranger to achievement. Since a child, she has always had that “spirit” of excellence and liberality about her. At the age of 13 years, she knew she wanted to become a lawyer. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School in South Central Los Angeles, graduating with honors. She received a four year academic scholarship to Pitzer College, Claremont, California, for her undergraduate studies. Becoming married and mother of four, she took a break from school holding many jobs before receiving her Juris Doctor degree from Whittier College school of Law in 1978. She was admitted to the state Bar of California in November, 1978, having successfully passed the State Bar examination the first time.
In October 1998
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Mablean Ephriam
American judge and actress
Mablean Deloris Ephriam, Esq. (born April 23, 1949) is an American television personality and former Los Angelesprosecuting attorney.[1] She is best known as the adjudicator of the courtroom seriesDivorce Court for seven seasons from 1999 to 2006. She was replaced by Judge Lynn Toler in the show's 2006-07 season. Ephriam is also known for her judge roles in Tyler Perry's Madea films.
Ephriam returned to television in fall 2014 with a new courtroom series titled Justice with Judge Mablean. The series, produced by Entertainment Studios, airs on the Justice Central cable channel and is syndicated on various stations.[2] Her daughter is writer/director/producer Tajamika Paxton.[3]
Legal background
Ephriam was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi but raised in Los Angeles, California, from the age of six. Although she had never actually served as a judge before presiding on Divorce Court, she came to the series with significant legal experience. She started her career as a corrections officer in
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