Pleasant, South Carolina-based Litton Entertainment and hosted by Michael Mazzariello, also referred to as Judge Mazz.
[2] Michael Mazzariello had developed the concept and was pointed to a manager through Nancy Grace during a commercial break in her talk show where he was a guest legal expert.
Judge Mazz, a New York resident, is characterized by a strong Brooklyn accent[3] and introduced the term "huckalero".
[1] Judge Mazz frequently uses it to describe alleged deception on the part of defendants, though he never explained on-air what huckalero means or where it originated.
The East New York native worked as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn from 1990 to 1993 and chief prosecutor for the Board of Education from 1995 to 1998.