James H. Anderson at a glance
- Current role
- Circuit Court Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama · State
- Judicial service
- Active
James H. Anderson
Circuit Court Judge · Alabama Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court
Biography
Professional career
- Democratic judge serving on the Alabama Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court, elected in 2016, with a career in law that includes private practice, legal education, and judicial service
- He remained there until 1988, when he co‐founded the private practice firm
Education
- undergraduate degree from Huntingdon College
Additional information
- in the November 8, 2016 general election, unopposed
- from September 2014 to December 2014 before being elected
- Alabama State Bar (admitted 1985) Montgomery County Bar Association
- , and there he became a partner in 1983.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1979
- Biography of Judge James H. Anderson
- Place 1 judge
- Place 5 judge
- and later received his
- Cumberland School of Law at Samford University
- He was admitted to the Alabama Bar the same year
- Immediately after law school, Anderson joined the Montgomery-based firm
- Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole, & Black
- Beers, Anderson, Jackson, Patty, & Fawal, P.C.
- 15th Judicial Circuit Court
- He is currently active on the circuit court bench
- Jesse, Marjorie, and Anna
- Baptist
- American Bar Foundation
- Alabama Bar Foundation
- Co‐founder of a private law firm in Alabama
- Legal educator at the Jones School of Law
- lists his address as
- P.O. Box 1667, Montgomery, AL 36102‐1667
- and phone
- This biography is based solely on publicly available sources and official profiles
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 ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Alabama Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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 ↗ · Collected 2026-07-26Sources
Identity source checked July 29, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 29, 2026.
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster
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Statewide source · PDF · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings ↗