The Honorable Eugene Verin

Judge Verin, a 1978 honors graduate of Rutgers University and a 1981 graduate of Howard University School of Law, has served as a Circuit Judge in Bessemer since 1998.  He presently handles civil and domestic relations cases.  After graduating from law school Judge Verin served as a staff attorney for the Tuscaloosa Regional Office of the Legal Services Corporation of Alabama (1981 – 1983); an associate attorney with the law firm of Shores, Larkin & Massie (1983 – 1985); an Assistant District Attorney with the Bessemer District Attorneys Office (1985 – 1987); and, for the next eleven years until his election as circuit judge, as a part-time municipal judge for the city of Bessemer while practicing law in his own general practice law firm.  Judge Verin currently is the Executive Director of the newly created Jefferson County Lawyer Mentoring Program.  His numerous professional activities have included past presidencies of the Magic City Bar Association; Alabama Lawyers Association; West Jefferson Kiwanis Club; Judicial Council of the Alabama Lawyers Association; Bessemer Cut-Off Domestic Violence Task Force; and, the Birmingham American Inn of Court.

Contact Information

Office Staff:

Deshelah Latham - Judicial Assistant
Titanna Steele - Bailiff
Jill Long - Court Reporter


Bessemer Courthouse Annex, Room 708
1801 3rd Avenue North
Bessemer, Alabama 35020
phone: (205) 481-4198
fax: (205) 481-4240