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# J. Clark Stankoski

Alabama Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Alabama
- Role: Circuit Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## 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://baldwin.alacourt.gov/circuit-court/)
- [Official roster](https://baldwin.alacourt.gov/circuit-court/)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://baldwin.alacourt.gov/circuit-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)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Baldwin County District Court Judge — Appointed by Governor Robert Bentley on July 10, 2015, to replace Judge Scott Taylor, who was elevated to the circuit court
- Judges must have been licensed to practice law for at least three years
- Legal career — Senior partner at Stankoski LLP at the time of judicial appointment; former Baldwin County assistant district attorney; held the role of town attorney in Silverhill and municipal judge in Summerdale

### Education

- Education — Bachelor’s degree from Huntingdon College.

### Additional information

- Additional credentials — Licensed mediator and arbitrator.
- Stankoski’s appointment and election reflect Alabama’s mix of partisan judicial elections for local courts and gubernatorial appointments for certain positions.
- Alabama’s local trial courts, including the Baldwin County District Court, have 98 judgeships, each elected to six-year terms.
- His role on the Court of the Judiciary gives him a platform in state-level judicial oversight and ethics matters Alabama Judicial System.
- J. Clark Stankoski is a Republican judge serving on the Baldwin County District Court in Alabama and as a member.
- Alabama Court of the Judiciary — Listed as a member of this appellate body, which handles judicial ethics complaints and sanctions Alabama Judicial System.



## 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.