Jill P. Phillips at a glance
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- Circuit Court Judge
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- Alabama · State
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Jill P. Phillips
Circuit Court Judge · Alabama Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
Biography
Professional career
- Republican judge serving on the Mobile County District Court (Place 2) in Alabama, appointed in 2015 and elected to a full term in 2016
- Career Before Judiciary: Assistant District Attorney in Mobile County from 2000 until her judicial appointment in 2015
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree: Spring Hill College
- ): University of Alabama School of Law — J.D.
Additional information
- Appointment: Appointed by Governor Robert Bentley on August 14, 2015, to replace Judge Jay York
- Awards: 2014 Top Alabama Assistant District Attorney of the Year, Alabama District Attorneys’ Investigators Association
- Served in a partisan local trial court role, one of 98 judicial seats in Alabama’s district courts
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 Thirteenth 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
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 29, 2026
View Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster ↗Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Statewide source · PDF · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings ↗