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title: "Michael J. Hoyt | KnowJudges"
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# Michael J. Hoyt

Baldwin County District Court · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Baldwin County District Court
- State: Alabama
- Role: District Judge
- Service status: active

## Summary

Michael J. Hoyt — Baldwin County District Court

## Sources

- [Baldwin County - District Court](https://baldwin.alacourt.gov/district-court/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- The District Judge for Alabama’s 28th Judicial Circuit, serving Baldwin County since 2025, with a career spanning over 18 years as an attorney, prosecutor, and municipal judge
- held a position as a prosecutor for the City of Foley Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama
- Served 12 years as Municipal Court Judge for the City of Daphne Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama

### Education


### Additional information

- Practiced law for over 18 years at Harbison & Hoyt, LLC, which he co‐founded in 2006
- handling criminal and civil matters in Baldwin County Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama.



## 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.