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# Brandy Hambright

Alabama Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

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

- Brandy B. Hambright is a Circuit Judge for Mobile County, Alabama, elected in 2018 and serving until at least 2030, with a background in public defense, private practice, and legal leadership
- Private practice in Mobile from 1999 until elected judge in 2018 Mobile County - Thirteenth Circuit Court of Alabama
- Selected Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney of the Year (2017) Mobile County - Thirteenth Circuit Court of Alabama
- Earlier legal roles: Associate Attorney at Lyons, Pipes & Cook (2000–2006) and Ross & Jordan (1999–2000)

### Education


### Additional information

- Former Public Defender in Greene County, MS (2006–present) and Bayou La Batre, AL (2012–present).
- Contact: (251) 574‐8481
- Courtroom: 8100 205 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36644
- Paul W. Brock Chapter, American Inns of Court
- Admitted to practice in Alabama and Mississippi state courts, U.S. District Courts (Southern Districts of AL & MS), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Mobile County - Thirteenth Circuit Court of Alabama.
- Mobile Bar Foundation Board Member
- Women Lawyer’s Section member)
- Judge Hambright has been active in community service, legal advocacy, and leadership roles, combining her judicial work with continued public defense service and bar association engagement.



## 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.