Tamara Harris Johnson at a glance
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- Circuit Court Judge
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Tamara Harris Johnson
Circuit Court Judge · Alabama Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
Biography
Professional career
- Circuit Civil Judge for Jefferson County, Alabama, serving on the 10th Judicial Circuit, with a term ending January 15, 2029
- Notable Work: Law clerk to D.C. Superior Court Judge William S. Thompson
- Prosecutor in Los Angeles and Jefferson County
Education
Additional information
- 2026: Judicial Merit Award, Alabama State Bar.
- Birmingham Bar Foundation Fellow (2025) and Life Fellow (2026).
- 2025: Maud McLure Kelly Award, Women’s Section, Alabama State Bar.
- 2023: Lifetime Achievement Award, Birmingham Bar Association (first African American woman to receive it).
- Legal Career: Admitted to the bar in D.C. (1978), Michigan (1981), California (1983), and Alabama (1989).
- First female and first African American attorney to represent D.C. union members in the International Brotherhood of Police Officers and related unions.
- First In‐House Counsel for Birmingham Public Schools and first female City Attorney for Birmingham.
- Bar Examiner for Alabama; taught trial advocacy at Cumberland School of Law.
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
Alabama Tenth Judicial Circuit 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 29, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 29, 2026.
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 29, 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 ↗