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# John H. Graham

Alabama Thirty-Eighth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Thirty-Eighth 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://jackson.alacourt.gov/judges)
- [Official roster](https://jackson.alacourt.gov/judges)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://jackson.alacourt.gov/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

- 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.



## 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.