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J. Chad Floyd
Circuit Judge · Alabama Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit Court
J. Chad Floyd — Alabama Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit Court
Biography
Professional career
- Chad Floyd currently serves as Circuit Judge, Place 1, for the 32nd Judicial Circuit in Cullman County, Alabama, following his appointment by Governor Kay Ivey on February 5, 2026, to fill the vacancy left by Judge Gregory Nicholas’s retirement
- Appointed Circuit Judge, Place 1, Alabama Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit, February 5, 2026
- Appointed Circuit Judge, Place 1, in Cullman County on February 5, 2026, after serving as a Cullman County District Judge.
- Prior to this role, Floyd held the role of a District Court Judge in Cullman County from March 2020, after being appointed by Governor Ivey and later elected in November 2022.
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Alabama in 1999, lettering in football during his senior year.
Additional information
- He then received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Mississippi College School of Law in 2005, where he held the role of Moot Court Board Chairman.
- Floyd was raised in rural Cullman County, Alabama, and graduated from West Point High School in 1995, where he held leadership roles and participated in athletics.
Published courtroom rules
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Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Alabama Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit Court
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