Byron Brackin at a glance
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- Circuit Court Judge
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Byron Brackin
Circuit Court Judge · Alabama Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit Court
Biography
Professional career
- The Circuit Judge for Baldwin County, Alabama, appointed by Governor Kay Ivey on March 28, 2025, and serves from Courtroom 4 at the Baldwin County Courthouse in Bay Minette Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama
- Judge Brackin was born and raised in Baldwin County, Alabama, graduating from Bayside Academy in 1999
Education
- Undergraduate degree from Birmingham–Southern College and his law degree from Mississippi College School of Law Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama.
- He later obtained a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Alabama School of Law Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama.
Additional information
- Appointed to the Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit Court on March 28, 2025, Judge Brackin presides over a broad range of cases, including felony prosecutions, major civil matters, family law, and appeals from lower courts.
- After law school, he joined his father in private practice
- handling domestic relations, civil disputes, probate, criminal defense, and transactional matters.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
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.
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 ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Alabama Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit Court
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 ↗ · Collected 2026-07-26Sources
Identity source checked July 29, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 29, 2026.
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 29, 2026
View Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster ↗Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Statewide source · PDF · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings ↗