Scott Slate at a glance
- Current role
- District Court Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama · State
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Scott Slate
District Court Judge · Morgan County District Court
Biography
Professional career
- held the role of an assistant state attorney general in the early 2000s
- held a position as an assistant district attorney for Morgan County
- Judge Scott Slate’s appointment reflects his extensive legal background and longstanding ties to Morgan County
Education
Additional information
- Returned to private practice in 2019 before his judicial appointment.
- Spent 10 years (2008–2018) as a missionary in Ireland.
- Practiced law in Decatur for many years.
- Alabama attorney with decades of legal experience in family law, civil matters, criminal defense, and prosecutorial work for both the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office and the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
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.
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 ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Morgan County District Court
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 ↗ · Collected 2026-07-26Sources
Identity source checked July 26, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 26, 2026.
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster ↗Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Statewide source · PDF · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings ↗