Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1
Candidates for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1, in the June 5 primary
2018 Election
Jerome Dees
Alabama House of Representatives, District 54 Jerome Dees Party: Democrat Political experience: Chair, Alabama Young Democrats; former president, Birmingham Young Democrats; president, Alabama Law Democrats; former president, Black Law Students’ Association. Professional experience: Currently civil rights and criminal defense attorney with the Maxwell Law Firm; previously assistant district attorney, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office; deputy
Riggs Walker
Riggs Walker Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1 Party: Republican Age: 49 Residence: Homewood Political experience: Ran for Jefferson County District Court, Place 4, 2016. Professional experience: Deputy district attorney, Birmingham Division of 10th Judicial Circuit, 1999-present; law clerk to Judge William A. Shashy, 15th Judicial Circuit, Montgomery County, 1998-1999; clerk, Office of the Attorney
Court of Civil Appeals, Place 2
Candidates for Court of Civil Appeals, Place 2, in the June 5 primary
Terri Willingham Thomas
Alabama Court of Civic Appeals, Place 2 Terri Willingham Thomas Party: Republican Age: 53 Residence: Cullman Political experience: Alabama Court of Civil Appeals judge, 2007-present; District and Juvenile Court judge in Cullman, 1996-2006, first female district court judge in Cullman County. Professional experience: Faculty, Alabama Judicial College; private practice attorney. Past president, Alabama Juvenile and
Court of Civil Appeals, Place 1
Candidates for Court of Civil Appeals, Place 1, in the June 5 primary
Michelle Manley Thomason
Alabama Court of Civic Appeals, Place 1 Michelle Manley Thomason Party: Republican Age: 54 Residence: Fairhope Political experience: Presiding district court judge, 28th Circuit, 2006-present; Circuit judge by special appointment; immediate past president, Eastern Shore Republican Women; member, Eastern Shore Republican Women, 2001-present; member, Baldwin County Republican Executive Committee, 2004-present; associate member, South Baldwin Republican
Peyton C. “Pat” Thetford
Alabama Court of Civic Appeals, Place 1 Peyton C. “Pat” Thetford Party: Republican Age: 58 Residence: Mountain Brook, native of Montgomery. Political experience: Appointed Jefferson County Circuit Court judge, civil division, 2015-2016; ran unsuccessfully for Jefferson County Circuit Court judge, 2016. Professional experience: Private practice, Wade S. Anderson and Associates, Birmingham, tried more than 80
Supreme Court Place 4
Candidates for Supreme Court Place 4 in the June 5 primary
John Bahakel
State Supreme Court, Place 4 John Bahakel Political experience: Ran for Alabama House of Representatives District 43, 2014. Professional experience: Judge pro tem; arbitrator; mediator; hearing officer; corporate counsel; private practice attorney; law clerk/bailiff, Circuit Court of Alabama; USA Track & Field, National Officials’ Committee and represented those officials on the USATF National Law &