--- title: "Kristi DuBose | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kristi-dubose" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Kristi DuBose U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama - State: Alabama - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, S.D. Alabama, 2005-present - 2005–present: U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Alabama, appointed by President George W. Bush on September 28, 2005, to replace - Assistant district attorney, Covington County, AL, 1994-present - Kristi Kaye DuBose is a federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, appointed in 2005 and later serving as the court’s Chief Judge from 2017 to 2021 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama, 2000-2005 - Deputy attorney general, State of Alabama, 1994-1996 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Alabama, 1990-1993 - Law clerk, Hon. Peter Hill Beer, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1989-1990 - Current position: U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Alabama - As of now, Judge DuBose remains on the bench for the Southern District of Alabama, with the court’s official site listing her contact information at 155 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602 Southern District of Alabama | United States District Court ### Education ### Additional information - Jeff Sessions, AL, 1997-1999 - 1997–1999: Chief counsel to U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R‐Ala.). - Born October 1, 1964 in Brewton, Alabama, DuBose earned her B.A. in 1986 from Huntingdon College and her J.D. in 1989 from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta. - 1, 1964, Brewton, AL - Date of birth: 1964-01-01 - Chief counsel, U.S. Sen. - Full name: Kristi Kaye DuBose - Born: Oct. - Birth place: Brewton, AL ## 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 ### presentation procedure Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: 31 IN COURTHOUSE * * * This matter is before the Court on its own motion to establish a uniform policy regarding the possession and use of laptop computers, cell phones, pagers, personal digital assistants, or other electronic devices in all courthouses in the Southern District of Alabama. Effective immediately, members of the bar, paralegals… [F:\HOME\LJT\DOCS\STANDORD\stdo31.wpd](https://www.alsd.uscourts.gov/sites/alsd/files/STDO31.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392321) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392321) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392321) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/926/kristi-dubose/) - [F:\HOME\LJT\DOCS\STANDORD\stdo31.wpd](https://www.alsd.uscourts.gov/sites/alsd/files/STDO31.pdf) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/926/kristi-dubose/) - [Wikidata: Kristi DuBose](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6437847) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kristi-dubose", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kristi-dubose", "name": "Kristi DuBose | KnowJudges", "description": "Kristi DuBose, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.