Jefferson County, Alabama

Jefferson County is the sole county in the 10th Circuit of Alabama. Jefferson County contains the cities of Bessemer and Birmingham.

The people of Jefferson County are served by a Circuit Court, District Court, Probate Court and twenty-four Municipal Courts.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has jurisdiction in Jefferson County. Appeals from the Northern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

• Judges
• Elections

Jefferson County, Alabama

Circuit Court

Alabama Circuit 10

Civil Division:

Dorothea Batiste Don Blankenship Joseph Boohaker Houston Brown Raymond Pearson Chambliss Elisabeth French Michael Graffeo Jim Hughey III

Tom King, Jr. Helen Lee Caryl Privett Carole C. Smitherman Robert S. Vance Scott Vowell Annetta H. Verin (City of Bessemer) Eugene Verin (Bessemer)

Criminal Division:

Alfred Bahakel David J. Hobdy Clyde Jones Tommy Nail David Carpenter (Bessemer)

Laura Petro Teresa T. Pulliam Tracie A. Todd Virginia Vinson Stephen Wallace

Domestic Relations:

• Gary Pate
• Patricia Ann Stephens
• Sonny Ferguson

Family Court:

• • Raymond Pearson Chambliss

District Court

Jefferson County District Court, Alabama

Civil Division:

• John E. Amari
• Robert P. Bynon, Jr.
• Carnella Greene-Norman
• John G. Lowther
• Edward B. Vines (Bessemer)

Criminal Division:

• David N. Lichtenstein
• Shanta’ Owens
• Katrina Ross
• Sheldon L. Watkins
• Eric Fancher, Sr. (Bessemer)

Family Court:

• William Alan Summers, Jr.
• Lorraine Williams-Pringle (Bessemer)

Former judges

• Elise D. Barclay

Probate Court

Jefferson County Probate Court, Alabama

• Cynthia Vines Butler
• Sherri Coleman Friday
• Alan King
• Vacancy

Municipal Courts

Lipscomb Municipal Court, Alabama

• William Anthony Bell, Jr.

Trussville Municipal Court, Alabama

• Carl E. Chamblee, Jr.

Vestavia Hills Municipal Court, Alabama

• Tommy Spina

Warrior Municipal Court, Alabama

• William D. Wise

Tarrant Municipal Court, Alabama

• James S. Ward

Sumiton Municipal Court, Alabama

• Robert F. Richardson

Mountain Brook Municipal Court, Alabama

• Pete Johnson
• Turner Williams

Morris Municipal Court, Alabama

• Milton Barker

Midfield Municipal Court, Alabama

• Debra Bennett Winston

Fairfield Municipal Court, Alabama

• Debra Bennett Winston

Fultondale Municipal Court, Alabama

• George W. Witcher, Jr.

Graysville Municipal Court, Alabama

• Lee Barnes

Leeds Municipal Court, Alabama

• Pete Johnson

Kimberly Municipal Court, Alabama

• William D. Wise

Irondale Municipal Court, Alabama

• Gerard J. Durward

Hueytown Municipal Court, Alabama

• Ken Moore

Hoover Municipal Court, Alabama

• Brad Bishop

Homewood Municipal Court, Alabama

• Miles Huffstutler
• Marcus Jones

Helena Municipal Court, Alabama

• Elliot C. Herrin

Bessemer Municipal Court, Alabama

• Scott Roebuck
• Annetta H. Verin

Argo Municipal Court, Alabama

• Carl Chamblee

Adamsville Municipal Court, Alabama

• Milton E. Barker, Jr.

Brookside Municipal Court, Alabama

• William Wise

Brighton Municipal Court, Alabama

• Ken Moore

2012 election

For statewide judicial elections, see: Alabama judicial elections, 2012

Circuit 10

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Place	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LottBobby Lott	No	Republican	Place 9		42.24%   D
SmithermanCarole C. Smitherman   A	No	Democratic	Place 13	73.3%A	52.91%   A
HunterChuck Hunter	No	Republican	Place 11		D
HaskinsDanita Haskins	No	Democratic	Place 15	38.4%
SkinnerDavid C. Skinner	No	Democratic	Place 9	24.9%
CarpenterDavid Carpenter   A	No	Democratic	Place 5		52.15%   A
FaulknerDavid Lawrence Faulkner	No	Republican	Place 6	74.02%A	46.35%   D
SawyerDavid Sawyer (Alabama)	No	Democratic	Place 9	4.7%
BlankenshipDon Blankenship   A	No	Democratic	Place 6		53.59%   A
BrownHouston L. Brown   A	Yes	Democratic	Place 11		98.55%   A
HuffJames Brian Huff	No	Republican	Place 18		47.13%   D
NeillJames Park Neill	No	Republican	Place 27		43.19%   D
Hughey IIIJim Hughey III   A	No	Democratic	Place 9	28.5%A	57.69%   A
BoohakerJoseph L. Boohaker   A	Yes	Democratic	Place 1		98.39%   A
ClevelandKenneth L. Cleveland	No	Republican	Place 6	25.9%
GraffeoMichael G. Graffeo   A	Yes	Democratic	Place 8		98.48%   A
StephensPatricia Ann Stephens   A	No	Democratic	Place 15	61.5%A	53.34%   A
BallardPatrick J. Ballard	No	Democratic	Place 13	15.9%
DavisPeter Johnson Davis	No	Democratic	Place 13	10.7%
ThetfordPeyton C. Thetford	No	Republican	Place 13	50.2%A	46.99%   D
ChamblissRaymond Pearson Chambliss   A	No	Democratic	Place 18		52.8%   A
BoneRoxana Lea Bone	No	Republican	Place 13	49.7%
ChildersSuzanne S. Childers	Yes	Republican	Place 15		46.59%   D
JohnsonTamara Harris Johnson	No	Democratic	Place 9	41.8%
PetelosTeresa Petelos	Yes	Republican	Place 5		47.79%   D
PulliamTeresa T. Pulliam   A	Yes	Republican	Place 16		96.75%   A
ToddTracie A. Todd   A	No	Democratic	Place 7		53.1%   A
VinsonVirginia A. Vinson   A	Yes	Democratic	Place 27		56.75%   A
ColeWilliam Cole	Yes	Republican	Place 7		46.83%   D

Jefferson County District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Place	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BurdickAustin Burdick	No	Republican	Place 12	31.6%
Greene-NormanCarnella Greene-Norman   A	No	Democratic	Jefferson County - Place 3	68.0%A	52.32%   A
BrantleyClotele Brantley	No	Democratic	Place 3	32.0%
SnodgrassDale Wayne Snodgrass	No	Republican	Place 3	46.3%%
LichtensteinDavid Lichtenstein   A	Yes	Democratic	Place 9		98.55%   A
BahakelGloria Bahakel	No	Republican	Place 6	57.0%A	45.52%   D
GanusJill Ganus	No	Republican	Place 12	68.4%A	47.54%   D
HalcombJohn Forrest Halcomb	No	Republican	Place 6	43.0%
RossKatrina Ross   A	Yes	Democratic	Place 6		54.42%   A
Williams-PringleLorraine Williams-Pringle   A	No	Democratic	Jefferson County - Place 12		52.38%   A
BahakelPhillip Bahakel	No	Democratic	Place 8	30.1%
Summers, Jr.William Alan Summers, Jr.   A	Yes	Democratic	Place 8	69.9%A	98.56%   A
LawleyWilliam Davis Lawley	No	Republican	Place 3	53.7%A	47.61%   D

See also

• Alabama counties

External links

• 10th Judicial Circuit website
• Alabama State Bar: Jefferson County officials
• Jefferson County contact information from Alabama.gov
• The Birmingham News, "Alabama chief justice orders trial courts back to full schedule," August 31, 2011
• Reuters, "Alabama county files biggest municipal bankruptcy," November 10, 2011
• The Birmingham News, "Republicans end first week of qualifying for March primary," November 20, 2011