--- title: "Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/edmund-gerard-lacour-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. 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 - American judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama since November 3, 2025 - Private practice: Baker Botts LLP (Houston, TX, 2012–2014), Bancroft PLLC (Washington, DC, 2014), Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Washington, DC, 2014–2018) - Law clerk, Hon. William H. Pryor, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2011-2012 ### Education - Yale Law School — J.D. (2011) - M.Phil. — Trinity College Dublin — 2008 - Birmingham-Southern College — B.A. (2007) ### Additional information - LaCour was nominated by President Donald Trump on September 2, 2025, to replace L. Scott Coogler, confirmed by the Senate on October 29, 2025, and commissioned on November 3, 2025 Federal Judicial Center. - Solicitor General of Alabama (2019–2025) - Deputy solicitor general, State of Alabama, 2018-2019 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2014-2018 - Private practice, Houston, Texas, 2012-2014 - Date of birth: 1985 - overseeing state appellate litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court, Eleventh Circuit, Alabama Supreme Court, and federal district courts - As Solicitor General, LaCour argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including Allen v. - Milligan, and before the Eleventh Circuit and Alabama Supreme Court The Federalist Society. - He presides over federal cases in the Northern District of Alabama, with chambers at the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse in Tuscaloosa, AL Northern District of Alabama. ## 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/13762073) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762073) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762073) - [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) - [LaCour, Edmund Gerard, Jr. | Federal Judicial Center](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/lacour-edmund-gerard-jr) - [13762073](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762073) - [FJC Education relational dataset](https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/history/education.csv) - [FJC Professional Career relational dataset](https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/history/professional-career.csv) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/edmund-gerard-lacour-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/edmund-gerard-lacour-jr", "name": "Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr., 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.