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# William Isaac Whorton

Alabama Fifth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Fifth 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://tallapoosa.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges/)
- [Official roster](https://tallapoosa.alacourt.gov/circuit-judges/)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://tallapoosa.alacourt.gov/circuit-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

- The Presiding Circuit Judge for Chambers County, Alabama, serving on the Fifth Circuit Court of Alabama, with his office in LaFayette, AL

### Education


### Additional information

- He was elected in 2014 and re‐elected in 2018.
- Before his judicial role, Isaac Whorton (full name: William Isaac Whorton) held the role of a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 38th district (Chambers County) from 2014 to 2018.
- As Presiding Judge, Whorton oversees the operations of the Chambers County Circuit Court and may preside over major cases and court proceedings.
- His judicial role is part of Alabama’s Fifth Circuit Court, which also includes other judges such as Hon. James Luke Farmer.



## 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.