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# Scott P. Taylor

Alabama Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Twenty-Eighth 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://baldwin.alacourt.gov/circuit-court/)
- [Official roster](https://baldwin.alacourt.gov/circuit-court/)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://baldwin.alacourt.gov/circuit-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)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- He has also held the role of the Drug Court judge since 2015 and initiated the Baldwin County Mental Health Court Program in August 2021
- Served there until 2015, when Governor Robert Bentley appointed him to the 28th Circuit Court to fill the vacancy left by Judge Robert Wilters
- In 2012, Taylor was elected to the Baldwin County District Court, replacing Judge Jody Bishop
- Additionally, he has acted as a court-appointed mediator and special master for the 28th Judicial Circuit and the Alabama State Bar
- He also held the role of a Special Assistant Attorney General and later as Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney for Baldwin County
- Judge Taylor is a native of Baldwin County, Alabama, raised in the Silverhill area

### Education

- Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University — J.D.

### Additional information

- He subsequently won election to a full six-year term in November 2016.
- As a Circuit Judge, Taylor handles one-fourth of all circuit criminal and civil cases in Baldwin County.
- focusing on rehabilitation and support for individuals with substance abuse or mental health issues.
- Before joining the bench, Taylor spent nearly a decade in private practice with his father and sister.



## 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.