Johana A. Bucci at a glance
- Current role
- District Court Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Johana A. Bucci
District Court Judge · Mobile County District Court
Biography
Professional career
- District Court Judge for Alabama’s 13th Judicial Circuit, serving in Mobile County since her swearing‐in in January 2025 in a newly created judicial seat
- The investiture was presided over by Presiding Circuit Court Judge Wesley Pipes, with the oath administered by Circuit Court Judge Jill Phillips
Education
Additional information
- In her opening remarks, Judge Bucci expressed gratitude for the public’s trust and pledged to uphold fairness, integrity, and compassion in her judicial work
- Her husband, Jordan, and son, John George Gerheim, performed the robing ceremony
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
Mobile County District 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 26, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 26, 2026.
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 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 ↗