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# M. Brent Benson

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

- The Circuit Judge for Alabama’s 38th Judicial Circuit, serving in Scottsboro, Alabama, and currently running for re‐election in the 2026 Alabama General Election
- Assistant District Attorney – 38th Judicial Circuit, Alabama (2009–2021)
- Associate Attorney – Wooden, Fulton, & Scarborough, PC (2007–2008)
- Race: Alabama Circuit Court Judge – Circuit 38, Post 2

### Education

- University of Tennessee College of Law — J.D. (2007)
- in Management, Computer Science, and Marketing, University of Alabama — B.S. (2004)

### Additional information

- Medicaid Hearing Officer – State of Tennessee (2009)
- A.S. in Business, Northeast Alabama Community College (2002)



## 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.