Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Criminal Division (Place 2)

Shanta Craig Owens is a circuit judge in the criminal division of Jefferson County's 10th Judicial Circuit, appointed by Governor Kay Ivey in January 2019 and elected to a full term in November 2020¹²³. She was first elected a district judge in 2008 and presided over the Birmingham Division drug court from 2009 to 2019, after working as a deputy district attorney¹. She is unopposed for Place 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot⁴.

• Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Criminal Division, since January 2019¹²
• District Judge, Jefferson County, criminal division, elected November 2008; presiding judge of the Birmingham Division drug court, January 2009 to January 2019¹
• Deputy District Attorney, Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, before taking the bench¹
• B.S. in Computer Information Systems, Alabama State University, 1999; J.D. and Bachelor of Civil Law through the dual degree program of Louisiana State University Law and Universite d'Aix-Marseille III¹
• Elected district judge in November 2008 and reelected in 2014¹². Appointed to Circuit Place 2 by Governor Kay Ivey in January 2019 to fill the seat previously held by Laura Petro, and elected to the seat in the November 2020 general election²³.