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# Abdul K. Kallon

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- State: Alabama
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, District Court, N.D. Alabama, 2010-present
- Law clerk, Honorable U.W. Clemon, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1993-1994
- He specialized in labor and employment law as a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

### Education

- In 2020, he completed a Master of Laws in judicial studies at Duke Law School.
- University of Pennsylvania Law School in, where he held the role of Articles Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law — J.D. (1993)
- Dartmouth College — B.A. (1990)
- Undergraduate degree (Artium Baccalaureus) from Dartmouth College in 1990
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

### Additional information

- Joined the court in 2010 after a nomination from President Barack Obama.
- Private practice, Birmingham, AL, 1994-2009
- Before his judicial appointment, Kallon worked in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1994 until 2009.
- Abdul Karim Kallon was born on April 5, 1969, in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
- Date of birth: 1969-01-01
- handling complex litigation, employment disputes, and advising boards and executives on sensitive investigations.
- Recognized for his extensive legal and judicial experience, combining over a decade on the federal bench with a distinguished career in private practice.
- Birth place: Freetown, Sierra Leone

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media recording photography broadcasting

Scope: statewide

Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4 permits televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings only as provided by Alabama judicial ethics canons, law, or another court rule.

Evidence excerpt: The taking of television pictures or other photographs in or of the courtroom during the progress of judicial proceedings or the radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings may be permitted as provided in Canon 3(A)(7) and (7B), Canons of Judicial Ethics, promulgated by the Alabama Supreme Court, or as otherwise may be permitted by law or other rule of court.

[Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1694/abdul-k-kallon/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1694/abdul-k-kallon/)
- [U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1694/abdul-k-kallon/)
- [Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1694/abdul-k-kallon/)
- [Kallon, Abdul K. | Federal Judicial Center](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kallon-abdul-k)
- [Abdul Kallon - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Abdul_Kallon)
- [Wikidata: Abdul Kallon](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4665461)

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