Alabama Unified Judicial System -- judicial.alabama.gov

Court of the Judiciary Members

Chief Judge

William C. Thompson

Court of Civil Appeals

300 Dexter Avenue

Montgomery, AL 36104

Members

David A. Rains

Circuit Judge

Suite 406 County Courthouse

300 Grand Avenue South

Fort Payne, AL 35967

J. Scott Vowell

Circuit Judge

716 N. Richard Arrington, Jr., Blvd.

Birmingham, AL 35203

John V. Denson, II

Circuit Judge (Retired)

Samford & Denson, LLP

P.O. Box 2345

Opelika, AL 36803-2345

Jeffery T. Brock

District Judge

P.O. Box 227

Evergreen, AL 36401

William D. Melton

Attorney at Law

P.O. Box 800

Evergreen, AL 36401-0800

Samuel L. Jones

Mayor, City of Mobile

P.O. Box 1827

Mobile, AL 36633

L. Gwaltney McCollum, Jr.

First National Bank of Jasper

P.O. Box 31

Jasper, AL 35502-0031

Sandra R. Killion

Vulcan Industrial Contractors Co., LLC

P.O. Box 380217

Birmingham, AL 35242

Court of the Judiciary Overview

The Court of the Judiciary is created consisting of one judge of an appellate court, other than the Supreme Court, who shall be selected by the Supreme Court and shall serve as Chief Judge of the Court of the Judiciary; two judges of the circuit court, who shall be selected by the Circuit Judges' Association; and one district judge who shall be selected by the District Judges' Association.

Other members of the Court of the Judiciary shall consist of two members of the state bar, who shall be selected by the governing body of the Alabama State Bar; two persons who are not lawyers who shall be appointed by the Governor; and one person appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Members appointed by the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be subject to Senate confirmation before serving. Provided, however, that on January 1, 2005, the appointment authority granted to the Lieutenant Governor shall revert to the Governor and the Governor shall therefore be entitled to appoint three persons who are not lawyers, subject to Senate confirmation.

The court shall be convened to hear complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission. The court shall have authority, after notice and public hearing (1) to remove from office, suspend without pay, or censure a judge, or apply such other sanction as may be prescribed by law, for violation of a Canon of Judicial Ethics, misconduct in office, failure to perform his duties, or (2) to suspend with or without pay, or to retire a judge who is physically or mentally unable to perform his duties. Taken from the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, Amendment 581, §6.18.