--- title: "Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeffrey-uhlman-beaverstock" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama - State: Alabama - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Current position: Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (since October 1, 2021) - Judge, District Court, S.D. Alabama, 2018-present - Continued in the U.S. Army Reserve (Lieutenant Colonel, Judge Advocate General’s Corps) since 1995, with roles including Chief of Contract and Administrative Law for the 377th. - Partner at Burr & Forman, LLP in Mobile, Alabama (1998–2018) - Operations officer, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command, 2010-2012 - Deputy regional defense counsel/S-3, 2007-2010 - Served 1991–1995 as an Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army ### Education - The University of Alabama — J.D. (1998) - Citadel Military College of South Carolina — B.A. (1991) - University of Alabama School of Law ### Additional information - Chief of contract and administrative law, 2012-present - U.S. Army Reserve (highest rank: lieutenant colonel), 1995-present - First appointed: August 3, 2018, to the same court, succeeding. - Confirmation: Senate confirmed by voice vote on August 1, 2018. - Private practice, Mobile, AL, 1998-2018 - Senior client services officer, 2001-2007 - Deputy commandant, Battle Projection Group, 1998-1999 - Born November 29, 1968, in Waterbury, Connecticut. - Date of birth: 1968-01-01 - focusing on civil/commercial litigation, construction law, maritime law, and mortgage foreclosures. - The. - Court location: 155 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602 Southern District of Alabama | United States District Court. - First African American man appointed to the Southern District of Alabama federal court. - Awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and multiple other honors. - Birth place: Waterbury, CT ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5018781) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5018781) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5018781) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8545/jeffrey-uhlman-beaverstock/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8545/jeffrey-uhlman-beaverstock/) - [Wikidata: Jeffrey Beaverstock](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38974144) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeffrey-uhlman-beaverstock", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeffrey-uhlman-beaverstock", "name": "Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock | KnowJudges", "description": "Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.