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# Pat Ballard

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

- Pat Ballard is a Circuit Judge in the Alabama 10th Judicial Circuit (Jefferson County, Birmingham Division), serving in the Civil Division, with his current term ending January 18, 2027
- Circuit Judge for the Civil Division of the 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, located in Jefferson County (Birmingham Division)

### Education

- Texas A&M University — B.S.
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University — J.D.

### Additional information

- Before taking the bench in January 2015, Ballard practiced law for over 18 years
- Central City Neighborhood Association (past president) REV Birmingham Community Affairs Committee (co-chair) Birmingham Community Policing & Revitalization Steering Committee Downtown Business Association NAACP and United Fellowship Breakfast Forum He also received the Wells Fargo Commitment Through Service Award in 2013
- He previously worked more than 15 years in the construction industry



## 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.