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# Scott Slate

Morgan County District Court · District Court Judge

## Profile

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

- 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.



## 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.