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# James H. Anderson

Alabama Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Fifteenth 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.

## 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

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