--- title: "Corey Landon Maze | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/corey-landon-maze" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Corey Landon Maze 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: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Alabama, 2019-present - U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019 and confirmed by the Senate 62–34 - special deputy attorney general, civil litigation, 2011-2019 - Chief, Attorney General’s Special Litigation Unit (2011–2019): Led state’s primary counsel in complex civil cases, including the 2010 Gulf oil spill and opioid crisis litigation. - Office of the Alabama Attorney General, 2003-2019 - Chambers: 1100 Gurnee Ave., Anniston, AL 36201 (non-filing courthouse; filings made in Birmingham Clerk’s Office) Northern District of Alabama ### Education - Georgetown University — J.D. (2003) - Auburn University — B.A. (1999) ### Additional information - Confirmation: June 12, 2019, by a 62–34 vote. - Commission: June 18, 2019. - Senate Hearing: October 17, 2018. - Solicitor General of Alabama (2008–2011). - Assistant Attorney General (2003–2008): Prosecuted criminal trials and appeals; argued three U.S. Supreme Court cases; won three “Best Brief Awards” from the National Association of Attorneys General. - Date of birth: 1978-01-01 - Contact: maze_chambers@; (256) 741‐1510 Northern District of Alabama. - His confirmation was part of a Senate procedural change allowing cloture on judicial nominees with 51 votes, known as the “nuclear option”. - Birth place: Gadsden, AL ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6594536) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6594536) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6594536) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8600/corey-landon-maze/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8600/corey-landon-maze/) - [Wikidata: Corey L. Maze](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53043135) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/corey-landon-maze", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/corey-landon-maze", "name": "Corey Landon Maze | KnowJudges", "description": "Corey Landon Maze, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.