--- title: "Claude E. Hundley | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/claude-e-hundley-circuit-court-judge-alabama-third-judicial-circuit-court-al" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Claude E. Hundley Alabama Third Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Alabama Third 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://madison.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges) - [Official roster](https://madison.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges) - [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://madison.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges) - [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) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/claude-e-hundley-circuit-court-judge-alabama-third-judicial-circuit-court-al", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/claude-e-hundley-circuit-court-judge-alabama-third-judicial-circuit-court-al", "name": "Claude E. 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Hundley, III is a Circuit Judge of Alabama’s 23rd Judicial Circuit, appointed in 2018, with a long career in litigation, municipal law, and judicial service in North Alabama 23rd - Special Circuit Judge in Madison County (2001–2004) ### Education ### Additional information - 23rd Judicial Circuit in Madison County, Alabama, and has presided over the Madison County Adult Drug Court since his initial appointment to the bench in 2011 23rd. - December 5, 2018 – Appointed by Governor Kay Ivey to the Circuit Court bench 23rd. - Also elected to the circuit court in the 2012 election after his district court tenure. - October 5, 2011 – Appointed by Governor Robert Bentley to the Madison County District Court 23rd. - Lanier Ford from 1991 to 2011. - Listed among the circuit court judges for the 23rd Judicial Circuit 23rd Judicial Circuit. - Before joining the judiciary, Hundley had 26 years in litigation practice in Alabama - focusing on civil defense in North Alabama 23rd. - City Prosecutor for Madison and Guntersville, Alabama - Contact (official circuit site): 256‐532‐3754 23rd Judicial Circuit. - Substitute City Judge for Huntsville - Former Alabama State Bar Commissioner - This profile reflects his judicial, legal, and community leadership roles, as well as his ongoing public service in Alabama’s judicial system. - Member of the National Court Reporters Association and Alabama Court Reporters Association ## 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.