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 Alabama's Judicial System

On August 1, 2011, Governor Robert Bentley appointed Judge Charles R. “Chuck” Malone of Tuscaloosa to the office of Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.

Prior to his appointment, Chief Justice Malone was elected as a circuit judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in 2000 and was re-elected in 2006.  In 2003, and again in 2010, Judge Malone was elected by the sixth circuit judges to serve as the presiding judge.  In January 2011, he left the circuit bench to serve as Chief of Staff for Governor Robert Bentley, a position he retained until his appointment as Chief Justice.

Chief Justice Malone is a 1976 graduate of the University of Alabama and a 1981 graduate of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.  He practiced law in Tuscaloosa for 20 years before his election as circuit judge in 2000.