Juris Doctor, 1987 

• First African-American woman to serve as judge on the Jefferson County (Alabama) Circuit Court
• Former member and chair of the Alabama State Ethics Commission
• Former director, Clinical Outreach Services, Jefferson County Department of Health
• Served as a magistrate for the City of Birmingham
• Holds undergraduate degree from Fisk University and master’s in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University
• Author with her sister of a book, The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill, about growing up in Birmingham with their father, famous civil rights attorney Arthur Shores