Susan Russ Walker at a glance
- Current role
- Magistrate
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama · State
- Judicial service
- February 1, 2017–present
Susan Russ Walker
Magistrate · U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Practitioner, Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, L.L.C., AL, 1989-1996
- att-gen-ass, State of Alabama, AL, 1986-1989
Judicial service
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1985-1986
- Magistrate, District Court, M.D. Alabama, 1996-2008
- Chief Magistrate, District Court, M.D. Alabama, 2008-2017
- Magistrate, District Court, M.D. Alabama, 2017-present
- She has served as a magistrate judge for the court since her appointment in 1996.
- United States magistrate judge
Education
- Eckerd College · BA, 1977
- Yale University · JD, 1986
- University of Oxford · BA, 1980
- Eckerd College in 1977, another B.A. from Oxford University in 1980, her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1986, · B.A.
- Oxford University in 2011 · M.A.
- Somerville College
Personal record
Born 1956
Courtroom rules and guidance
Media Recording Photography Broadcasting
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 ↗
Sources
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8523/susan-russ-walker/Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings
Judge research source · PDF · checked July 26, 2026
https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf