John H. Graham at a glance
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John H. Graham
Circuit Court Judge · Alabama Thirty-Eighth Judicial Circuit Court
Biography
Professional career
- John H. Graham is the Presiding Circuit Judge for Alabama’s Thirty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, serving since 2006 and reelected without opposition in multiple terms Jackson County - 38th
Education
Additional information
- First elected: 2006; reelected three times since without opposition
- 2024 Judicial Award of Merit from the Alabama State Bar for significant contributions to justice in Alabama
- 2011 Jackson County Citizen of the Year
- Notable initiative: Founder of the Jackson County Drug Court, a state- and nationally-recognized accountability program with a 90% success rate and over 300 graduates.
- Pre-judicial career: Attorney in Scottsboro, AL
- Contact: (256) 574‐9345
- Court location: Jackson County Courthouse, Suite 302, 102 East Laurel Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768
- Drug Court recognized with multiple awards, including Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb Awards for Excellence and the Drug Court Association Award for Community Inclusion.
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 Thirty-Eighth 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 ↗