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# R. Todd Derrick

Alabama Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

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

- Judicial Service: Elected in 2020 to serve as Circuit Judge for the 20th Judicial Circuit; re‐elected in 2026
- Pre‐Judicial Career: Attorney/Mediator, Hall, Derrick & Register P.A. (2009–2018) Attorney, Cobb, Derrick, Boyd & White (1994–2009)
- Republican circuit judge serving in the 20th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, covering Houston and Henry counties, and presiding over both criminal and civil cases
- Position: Circuit Judge, 20th Judicial Circuit, Place 5

### Education


### Additional information

- Contact: Address: P.O. Drawer 6406, 114 North Oates Street, Dothan, AL 36302 Houston County - Twentieth Circuit Court of Alabama Phone: (334) 677‐4881
- Courts Served: Houston County and Henry County, Alabama
- Case Types: Handles circuit-level criminal cases (e.g., identity theft, theft of property, forgery, drug trafficking) and district criminal cases, as well as civil matters.



## 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.