He then attended Homewood Junior High South chool, and graduated from Shades Valley High School in 1966 as a member of the National Honor Society. In 1970, he received his Bachelor of Surgery in Business Administration from Samford University.
He was re-elected in 2010 and his current six-year term will expire in 2016. In 1973, he received his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law, graduating cum laude. He was later inducted into Curia Honors, Cumberland"s leadership and honor society.
Justice Bolin was a practicing attorney in Birmingham from 1973 through 1988, when he was elected as Probate Judge of Jefferson County.
He was re-elected to that position in 1994 and 2000. He served in that position until his election to the Alabama Supreme Court in 2004, and began serving as an Associate Justice in January 2005.
Justice Bolin was active in the Alabama Probate Judges Association, serving as chairman of various association committees. He was elected by his peers as President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Probate Judges Association.
He served on the Children"s Code Committee, Probate Procedures Committee, Adoption Committee, and Paternity Committee of the Alabama Law Institute.
He authored the Putative Father Registry law in Alabama, which protects the rights of all parties in adoption proceedings. in 2000 for his service to adoptive families. He additionally served as Chief Election Official, Chairman of the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee, and as Vice Chairman of the Governor"s Commission on Consolidation, Efficiency, and Funding in 2003.
He is a member of the Vestavia-Hoover Kiwanis Club.
