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A graduate of Samford University, Judge Boyd earned her law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law and her Masters in Business Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  Judge Boyd practiced in Tuscaloosa as an associate with Spruell & Powell, Inc. in the areas of insurance defense, probate, divorce and real estate law prior to joining the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office in 2007 where she was responsible for the prosecution of crimes against children, violent felony crimes and served as a prosecutor for both the Mental Health Court and Drug Court programs.  In January 2016, she was appointed to serve as Mental Health Program Coordinator and Legal Counsel to Shelby County Judge of Probate, James W. Fuhrmeister.  After being elected in June 2018, Judge Boyd was appointed as Judge of Probate in September 2018 to fill the vacancy left by Judge Fuhrmeister’s early retirement in August 2018.  She began her full term as Shelby County Judge of Probate on January 14, 2019.  Judge Boyd was appointed by the Supreme Court of Alabama to serve as a member of the Commission on Adult Guardianships and Conservatorships and as a member of the Standing Committee on the Rules of Conduct and Canons of Judicial Ethics.  She serves as a member of the Alabama Law Institute’s Adoption Committee and Guardianship Reform Committee; the Vice President of the Board of Directors of Central Alabama Wellness; the Vice President of the Board of Directors of Leadership Shelby County and as a member of the Board of Shelby Emergency Assistance. She is a member of Asbury United Methodist Church.  She also serves as President of the Parent Advisory Committee for Red Mountain Theatre.  She is married with two children.