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# Glenn Murdock

Supreme Court of Alabama · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Alabama
- State: Alabama
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Supreme Court of Alabama, 2007-present
- Retired Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, serving from 2007 until his resignation in January 2018

### Education

- University of Virginia School of Law Alabama Judicial System — J.D. (1981)
- B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Alabama in 1978, graduating summa cum laude.
- University of Virginia-Main Campus — J.D.

### Additional information

- Alabama Supreme Court (2007–2018): Elected in 2006, re‐elected in 2012 without opposition.
- He was first elected to a six-year term on the court in 2006 and was re-elected in 2012.
- Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (2001–2007): Elected in 2000, served one term.
- Practitioner, 2006-2006
- Practitioner, 2000-2000
- Murdock was born in Enterprise, Alabama, and graduated from Enterprise High School in 1974.
- Born June 25, 1956.
- Date of birth: 1956-06-25
- Murdock authored over 500 published opinions, including 245 dissents and 393 concurrences.
- Birth place: Enterprise

## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/3650/glenn-murdock/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3650/glenn-murdock/)
- [Supreme Court of Alabama current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3650/glenn-murdock/)
- [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)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3650/glenn-murdock/)
- [Glenn Murdock - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Glenn_Murdock)
- [Glenn Murdock (Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, Supreme Court of Alabama) – CourtListener.com](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3650/glenn-murdock)
- [Wikidata: Glenn Murdock](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16733020)

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