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# Robert Minor

St. Clair County District Court · District Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: St. Clair County District Court
- State: Alabama
- Role: District Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## 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://stclair.alacourt.gov/district-judges)
- [Official roster](https://stclair.alacourt.gov/district-judges)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://stclair.alacourt.gov/district-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

- Judge Minor has been District Judge of St. Clair County since January 2009 and became Presiding District Judge in September 2011 St. Clair County, AL
- Acting as a specially designated Circuit Judge in divorce actions

### Education


### Additional information

- Robert L. Minor is the Presiding District Judge of St. Clair County, Alabama, serving since 2009 and handling all civil cases, juvenile matters, and certain family law cases in the county’s district courts.
- In 2019, his twin brother Richard Minor was appointed to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, marking a unique family connection in Alabama’s judicial system St. Clair News-Aegis.
- President-Elect of the Alabama District Judges Association (2013).
- Presiding over dependency/family drug court proceedings.
- Handling all child support cases.
- Serving as Juvenile Judge for all juvenile dependency cases.
- Presiding over all civil cases in District Court, including small claims.
- He presides over court sessions in both Ashville and Pell City St. Clair News-Aegis.
- Member of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
- This profile reflects Judge Minor’s long-standing service in Alabama’s judicial system, his broad caseload, and his professional and civic leadership roles.



## 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.