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# Emily Niezer Johnston

Alabama Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Thirty-Second 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://cullman.alacourt.gov/judges/emily-niezer-johnston)
- [Official roster](https://cullman.alacourt.gov/judges/emily-niezer-johnston)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://cullman.alacourt.gov/judges/emily-niezer-johnston)
- [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

- The elected Circuit Court Judge for Alabama’s 32nd Judicial Circuit, Place 2, succeeding Martha Williams, and will serve until the end of 2030
- Work with the Lee County District Attorney’s Office on serious criminal cases

### Education

- Cumberland School of Law — J.D. (2001)

### Additional information

- General litigation in Alabama circuit courts
- Johnston has stated she will manage the court “with fairness” and ensure judicious use of tax dollars, prioritizing public safety, keeping criminals off the streets, and maintaining Cullman County as a safe place for families The Cullman Tribune.



## 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.