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# J. Chad Floyd

Alabama Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Alabama
- Role: Circuit Judge
- Service status: active

## Summary

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.

## Sources

- [Cullman County - Judges](https://cullman.alacourt.gov/judges/)
- [J. Chad Floyd, Circuit Judge](https://cullman.alacourt.gov/judges/j-chad-floyd/)

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## 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.