Jefferson County District Judge, Place 12 Lorraine W. Pringle Party: Democrat Residence: Bessemer Political experience: Elected to District judgeship, 2012. Professional experience: Licensed registered nurse, associate’s degree, 1981, and bachelor’s and nursing degree, 1983, Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing, Samford University; juris doctorate, Birmingham School of Law. Vice president, Juvenile Justice Association; member, District
Jefferson County District Court Judge, Place 9 Debra Weston-Pickens Party: Democrat Age: 56 Residence: Birmingham Political experience: First campaign for office. Professional experience: Managing attorney, Weston-Pickens, LLC, 2007-present; Alabama Regional Managing Counsel, a Chicago-based employment law firm, 2006-2007; Southern Company Services/Alabama Power Company, 1990-2006. Education: Miles Law School, juris doctorate, 2001; Birmingham Southern College, bachelor’s
Jefferson County District Court Judge, Place 6 Katrina Ross Party: Democrat Age: 56 Residence: Hoover Political experience: Judge, elected 2006. She has no opposition in the general election. Professional experience: Attorney. Civic experience: Member of or past member of the following boards: Oasis, Momentum and Greater Birmingham Ministries. Participated in the following programs: Leadership Birmingham,
Probate Court Judge, Place 2 Sherri Coleman Friday Party: Democrat Residence: Birmingham Political experience: Elected Jefferson County probate judge, 2006, 2012. Professional experience: Private practice of law for 18 years; member, Alabama Bar Association; member, Birmingham Bar Association; member, Alabama Probate Judges’ Association; member, National College of Probate Judges. Education: University of Alabama; Cumberland School
Jefferson County District Court, Place 3 Davis Lawley Party: Republican Residence: Birmingham Age: 52 Education: Lawley received his undergraduate degree from Hampden-Sydney College and his doctorate from Washington University School of Law. He also graduated from the National Judicial College. Political experience: Lawley was appointed to the Place 2 seat on the bench in 2007
Jefferson County District Judge, Place 11 Thomas E. Thrash Party: Democrat Age: 48 Residence: Pleasant Grove Political Experience: None Professional experience: Thrash Law Firm, solo practitioner working primarily in criminal defense but also in personal injury, family law and landlord-tenant law, 2006-present; police sergeant, Birmingham Police Department, 1995-present; deputy, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, 1993-1995; Corrections
Jefferson County District Judge Place 11 Jill Ganus Party: Republican Residence: Hoover Education: Graduate of the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama School of Law in 1991, and Pleasant Grove High School. Political experience: Ganus is now filling a judicial vacancy. Ganus served as a district judge in Family Court from 2006 until 2013
Jefferson County District Judge, Place 8 Alan Summers Residence: Birmingham Party: Democrat Political experience: Elected Family Court judge in 2007; re-elected in 2012. He has no Republican opposition in the general election. Civic experience: Former attorney who studied business marketing at UAB; earned his law degree from Birmingham School of Law and was admitted to
Democrat Robert Vance raised $73,350 in cash contributions last week while Republican opponent Tom Parker collected $24,400 in their campaigns for chief justice of Alabama, the candidates reported Monday to the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. Vance, a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge, reported that he spent $77,610 during the period of Oct. 20 to Oct. 26. Parker, an associate justice on the Alabama Supreme Court who is seeking election as chief justice, spent $133,262 Read more.
Republican Will Ainsworth, the heavy favorite in the race for lieutenant governor, raised $84,324 in cash contributions last week, compared to $180 for Democrat Will Boyd, according to reports filed Monday with the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. Read more.
