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# Jeremy S. Taylor

Alabama Ninth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

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

- The Republican Presiding Circuit Judge for Alabama’s 9th Judicial Circuit, covering DeKalb and Cherokee counties, and has served on the bench since 2011
- Assistant District Attorney for DeKalb County for four years

### Education

- University of Alabama; senior editor of the Alabama Law Review — J.D.

### Additional information

- Judicial tenure: First elected in 2010, re-elected in 2016, and sworn in for his third term in 2023
- Bachelor’s degree
- Judge Taylor presides over the Ninth Circuit Court of Alabama, with his office located at the County Courthouse, Suite 403, 300 Grand Avenue South, Fort Payne, AL 35967



## 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.