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# William B. Sellers

Supreme Court of Alabama · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Alabama
- State: Alabama
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## 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://judicial.alabama.gov/Appellate/SupremeCourt)
- [Official roster](https://judicial.alabama.gov/Appellate/SupremeCourt)
- [Alabama Judicial System official judicial roster](https://judicial.alabama.gov/Appellate/SupremeCourt)
- [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

- Justice William B. Sellers is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, appointed by Governor Kay Ivey in 2017 and re‐elected in 2024, with a career in law spanning 28 years

### Education

- New York University — LL.M. (1989)
- University of Alabama School of Law — J.D. (1988)
- Hillsdale College — B.A. (1985)

### Additional information

- He has received the President’s Award for Service from the Alabama Bar Association (2012) and served on the Alabama State Council on the Arts (2013).
- Sellers is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Alabama, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and multiple federal and state courts.