Greg Shaw at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Current assignment
- Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Greg Shaw
Judge · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
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Biography and careerSource-attributed professional, judicial, and education record
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures1 sourced item · labeled by scope
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Biography
Professional career
- Shaw worked with a small law firm in St. Clair County. He later started his own general law practice in Birmingham. In the fall of 1984, Shaw joined the staff of Supreme Court Associate Justice Janie L. Shores. After serving as Shores’ staff attorney for one year, he joined the staff of Supreme Court Associate Justice James Gorman Houston Jr. He served as Houston’s senior staff attorney for more than 15 years.
- Practitioner, 2008-2008
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, 2008-present
- Judge, 2008-2008
- Judge, Supreme Court of Alabama, 2009-present
Education
- Auburn University · BA
- Samford University · JD
- Auburn University
- L. Frazier Banks Middle School
- Cumberland School of Law
Personal record
Born 1957
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
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.
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 ↗
Sources
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · checked August 3, 2026
View Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama current judicial profile ↗Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Statewide source · PDF · checked July 26, 2026
View Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings ↗