10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama

The 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama is the official name for the Jefferson County District Court under Alabama's Unified Judicial System. It consists of Birmingham and Bessemer Divisions and both circuit and district courts.

Circuit Courts

Civil Division Elisabeth French (presiding judge), 2016– Pat Ballard, 2015– Donald Blankenship, 2013– Brendette Brown Green Marshell Hatcher Jim Hughey III Tamara Harris Johnson Javan Patton Carole Smitherman Robert Vance Jr Annetta Verin (Bessemer Division) Reginald Jeter (Bessemer Division) Criminal Division Michael Streety (presiding judge) Kechia Davis Clyde Jones Alaric May Shanta Owens Teresa Pulliam Tracie Todd Stephen Wallace David Hobdy (Bessemer Division) David Carpenter (Bessemer Division) Domestic Relations Patricia Stephens (presiding judge) Alisha Ruffin May Agnes Chappell Anne Durward Debra Winston (Bessemer Division) Family Court Janine Hunt-Hilliard (presiding judge)

Former justices Alfred Bahakel Nakita Blocton, 2017–2021 Joseph Boohaker, 2001–2020, (presiding judge) 2015–2020 Raymond Chambliss Bill Cole Mike Graffeo Tom King Jr Helen Shores Lee Tommy Nail Carnella Norman William Noble Laura Petro Caryl Privett Eugene Verin (Bessemer Division) Houston Brown (presiding judge) Julie Palmer Edward Vines (Bessemer Division) Virginia Vinson

District Courts

Civil Division Shera Grant (presiding judge), 2016– Martha Cook, 2019– Ruby Davis, 2021– Debra Weston-Pickens, 2019– Criminal Division Katrina Ross (presiding judge), 2006– William "Tony" Bell Jr, 2016– Maria Fortune (drug court) Thomas Thrash (Bessemer Division) Family Court Pamela Cousins Alan Summers Jr Lorraine Pringle (Bessemer Division)

Former justices John Amari, 2008–2019 Bobby Bynon Jill Ganus, 2006–2012 David Lichtenstein Jack Lowther, 2002–2015 Carnella Norman Shanta Owens Sheldon Watkins

External link

• 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama website