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# Greg Shaw

Supreme Court of Alabama · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Alabama
- State: Alabama
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## 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://judicial.alabama.gov/Appellate/SupremeCourt)
- [Official roster](https://judicial.alabama.gov/Appellate/SupremeCourt)
- [Alabama Judicial System official judicial roster](https://judicial.alabama.gov/Appellate/SupremeCourt)
- [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

- He has extensive appellate experience, totaling over 40 years in the Alabama judicial system, including 16 years as a staff attorney, eight years on the Court of Criminal Appeals, and 16 years on the Supreme Court.

### Education

- He later obtained a Master of Laws in the judicial process from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2004.
- Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Auburn University in 1979, followed by a Juris Doctor from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in 1982.

### Additional information

- Greg Shaw was born on March 21, 1957, and raised in the Roebuck area of Birmingham, Alabama.
- Recognized as a steady conservative and pro-business jurist.
- Known for his diligent, quiet, and consistent approach to the law.