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# Amanda Baxley

Alabama Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Alabama
- Role: Circuit Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## Summary

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

## 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://autauga.alacourt.gov/circuit-court/)
- [Official roster](https://autauga.alacourt.gov/circuit-court/)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://autauga.alacourt.gov/circuit-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)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Circuit Judge, Place 3, serving in the Nineteenth Circuit Court of Alabama, representing
- Public Defender in both Chilton and Elmore Counties as part of the Circuit’s
- Assistant District Attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit (3 years)

### Education


### Additional information

- She is active in First Baptist Church Clanton, the Clanton Youth Baseball Board, and the Distinguished Young Woman Program (Choctaw County title in 1998) Elmore County - Nineteenth Circuit Court of Alabama.
- Prosecutor for the City of Clanton
- Criminal public defender
- Municipal Judge for Maplesville and Thorsby
- Judge Baxley presides over cases in the Nineteenth Circuit Court, with her office located in Clanton, Alabama.
- Supported by Judicial Assistant Michelle Parker and Court Reporter Deborah Garrett Elmore County - Nineteenth Circuit Court of Alabama.
- Mediator
- Her practice focused on family law, criminal law, and estate planning Elmore County - Nineteenth Circuit Court of Alabama.
- Judge Baxley has held the role of president of the Chilton County Bar Association and on the Alabama State Bar’s Indigent Defense and Appointed Counsel Committee and Task Force Elmore County - Nineteenth Circuit Court of Alabama.



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-2bb56569e2cd3665169eeff4) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Criminal proceedings only.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.