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# Javan Patton Crayton

Alabama Tenth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Tenth 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://jefferson.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges/)
- [Official roster](https://jefferson.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges/)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://jefferson.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges/)
- [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

- Patton began her legal career as a prosecutor with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, specializing in violent crimes against women
- Javan Joielle Patton Crayton is a Circuit Judge in the Civil Division of Alabama’s 10th Judicial Circuit, serving Jefferson County (Birmingham)
- She later joined the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office in Birmingham

### Education


### Additional information

- received the Drayton James Award from the Young Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar in 2020.
- In 2011, she became Assistant City Attorney for the City of Birmingham, litigating civil rights violations, municipal liability, wrongful arrest, excessive force, employment discrimination, and other civil matters in state and federal courts.
- handling misdemeanor and felony cases.
- Judicial Council of the Magic City Bar
- Alabama State Bar Association
- ALI Probate Law Legislative Committee
- Alabama Circuit Judges Association
- She has also served on committees for the Birmingham Bar



## 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.