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# Marshell Jackson Hatcher

Alabama Tenth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Tenth 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://jefferson.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges/)
- [Official roster](https://jefferson.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges/)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://jefferson.alacourt.gov/circuit-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

- Associate counsel and interim executive director for the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District
- Jefferson County Circuit Court judge
- Circuit Judge in the Civil Division of the 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, serving Jefferson County (Birmingham)

### Education

- J.D. from Birmingham School of Law (1996), a Peace Officer Standards and Training certification from the University of Alabama, and a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Jacksonville State University (1988) BirminghamWatch.

### Additional information

- Democratic Party incumbent who first won the judicial seat in 2018.
- NAACP’s Wonderful Outstanding Women Award (2017)
- Distinguished Professional Award, Peace Baptist District Association (2016)
- Legislative analyst with the Alabama Law Institute
- Deputy sheriff with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department
- Hatcher is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar, Birmingham Bar, Magic City Bar, and Alabama Lawyers Association BirminghamWatch.
- He has also been active in civic organizations such as the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, The Links, and the NAACP BirminghamWatch.
- Beatrice C. Foster Award



## 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.