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# L. Scott Coogler

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- State: Alabama
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, District Court, N.D. Alabama, 2003-present
- Law clerk, Hon. Paul Conger, Alabama Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1984-present
- Adjunct professor, University of Alabama School of Law, 2000-2003
- Judge, Alabama Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1996-2003

### Education

- the University of Alabama with his bachelor's degree — 1981

### Additional information

- Joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush (R).
- Private practice, Alabama, 1984-1999
- U.S. Army National Guard, 1988-1991
- Date of birth: 1959-01-01
- Birth place: Nantucket, MA

## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/713/l-scott-coogler/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/713/l-scott-coogler/)
- [U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/713/l-scott-coogler/)
- [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)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/713/l-scott-coogler/)
- [Coogler, L. Scott | Federal Judicial Center](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/coogler-l-scott)
- [Scott Coogler - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Coogler)
- [Wikidata: L. Scott Coogler](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6456634)

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