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b'All rise! \\xa0On today\\u2019s Better Call Daddy Show you\\u2019ll hear from a tv judge one who developed a second show called Whistleblower! There are a lot of nuances based on state law! \\xa0From police officer to lawyer to judge to tv judge, Judge Alex Ferrer has done it all! \\xa0What makes a network show work? \\xa0What was it like to move the show from Houston to LA? \\xa0What are the union rules like in television? \\xa0Are the cases real on court television? \\xa0What has Judge Alex learned about Hollywood? \\xa0Better Call Daddy: The Safe Space For Controversy!\\nAlex Ferrer\\u2019s family fled communist Cuba to the United States when he was just a baby. Starting a new life in America, his parents exchanged well-paying careers with an American company in Havana for minimum wage jobs in Miami in order to live in freedom. Watching his parents work several jobs a day to make ends meet, Alex was raised with a strong work ethic. It is that perspective and an appreciation for the opportunities America provides that make his success story a true \\u201cAmerican Dream.\\u201d\\nAlex began working full time at the age of fifteen, pumping gas at a full-service station, performing oil changes and minor vehicle repairs. He worked six to seven days a week while attending high school during the day. By the time he was seventeen Alex was managing the gas station, closing it down at night on his own and taking the day\\u2019s receipts to the owner\\u2019s home.\\nWhen he was 18, Alex obtained his pilot\\u2019s license but quickly realized that, while flying was a great hobby, the thought of constantly leaving his family to travel across the country did not appeal to him as a career. Changing gears, he decided to pursue a career in law enforcement. After much resistance because of his young age, Alex finally succeeded in getting a police department to send him to the academy, where officers challenged him every day for being \\u201ctoo young.\\u201d Proving them wrong, Alex graduated with the highest award in the police academy, the \\u201cMost Outstanding Recruit,\\u201d becoming one of the youngest police officers in the State of Florida at the age of 19.\\nHonoring a promise to his parents to keep taking advantage of the educational opportunities America provided, Alex worked full-time as a cop while attending college and eventually law school full-time as well. In law school, this meant attending class daily from 8 to 4 and then donning a uniform and patrolling from 4:30 to 12:30. A late arrest would result in his not returning home until 2 or 3 in the morning but the next day\\u2019s class would still start at 8am. Despite this rigorous work schedule, Alex was able to become a published member of the University of Miami Law Review, an accomplishment that led to many career opportunities upon graduation.\\nAs an attorney, Alex worked as a civil litigator at some of the better law firms in Miami.\\xa0Despite being very successful in his new career, the personal gratification he had felt as a police officer was noticeably lacking.\\xa0Anticipating that being a judge would renew the sense of satisfaction he had felt as an officer, Alex ran for a seat on the Circuit Court bench, the highest trial court in the state.\\xa0Despite being the youngest candidate at 34, he beat out his two opponents, a sitting judge and an attorney 20 years his senior, by a landslide; becoming the youngest judge on Miami\\u2019s Circuit Court and the first Cuban-American lawyer ever elected to the Circuit Court bench.\\nDuring his years on the bench, Judge Ferrer tried some of Miami\\u2019s worst criminals.\\xa0Serial killers, murderers, rapists, armed robbers and kidnappers all passed through his courtroom.\\xa0Many trials were covered nationally and several have been the subject of books, documentaries and at least one upcoming movie.\\xa0He taught and continues to teach judges annually at judicial conferences throughout Florida.\\nAfter 10 years on the bench, Judge Ferrer was being considered for a vacancy on Miami\\u2019s prestigious Third District Court of Appeals. Out of 60 well-respected judges and l'