Yashiba Glenn Blanchard

Judge of Probate, Place 1

Judge Yashiba Glenn Blanchard was elected as Probate Judge on November 5, 2024. She currently serves as Presiding Judge of the Jefferson County Probate Court. Her legal journey prior to her election included roles as a Special Circuit Court Judge and Special District Court Judge across the Birmingham and Bessemer Cutoff Judiciary Divisions of Jefferson County.

Educationally, Judge Blanchard is a product of the Birmingham City School system and a graduate of Wenonah High School.Following high school she earned her Associates degree from Jefferson State Community College, followed by a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law and founded and practiced at Glenn Blanchard and Associates, P.C., where she practiced Probate Law, Veteran’s Disability Law, Domestic Relations, and Plaintiff’s Litigation.

Raised in the heart of Birmingham, Alabama, Judge Blanchard is deeply invested in her community. She serves as a trustee at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church and is an active member of the Alabama State Bar, the American Bar Association, and the Birmingham Bar Association Women Section. She is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

Jameria Johnson Moore

Judge of Probate, Place 2

Judge Moore is a graduate of Alabama A&M University, where she earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering and Mathematics. She obtained her law degree from the Birmingham School of Law and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Before being elected as the Jefferson County Probate Judge Place 2 on November 5, 2024, Judge Moore served as a Municipal Judge for the City of Birmingham, Alabama. In 2011, she became a founding partner of Sperling and Moore, P.C., focusing her practice on probate administration, business formation, and general litigation.

Judge Moore is vested in the community in which she was raised, and she is actively involved in both professional and civic organizations to move her community forward. Her professional affiliations include the Alabama Probate Judges Association, the National College of Probate Judges, the Alabama Bar Association, the Alabama Lawyers Association, the Women Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar Association, the Magic City Bar Association, and the National Bar Association.

Her commitment to community service and leadership is evident through her civic engagements. Judge Moore is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and serves as the President of the Valley Pearls Service Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is also a member of The Links, Incorporated, Magic City (AL) Chapter. In addition, Judge Moore is involved in various other organizations, including Board Vice-President for Redemption Earned, Saturday Solutions, the Donna P. McCullum Foundation for Educational Excellence, the Kiwanis Club of Gardendale, and the United Fellowship Breakfast Forum, Inc. She is also a member of the AAMU Magic City Metro Alumni Chapter and a graduate of the Leadership Birmingham Class of 2021-2022.

Judge Moore is active member of Hopewell Baptist Church North. She is married and has four children and eight grandchildren.