How do judges of the Supreme Court of Alabama reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Supreme Court of Alabama / Joined 2009 / Active

Greg Shaw

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama

Greg Shaw is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (9 judges, selected by partisan election), serving since 2009. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1957 · age 69
Tenure: Since 2009 · 17 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2009	Supreme Court of Alabama	–	–

Education

Auburn University
Samford University

Judicial Record

In our data, Shaw authored 242 published opinions for the court (2009–2026), plus 55 dissents and 85 concurrences. Most cited: E.H.G. v. E.R.G. (45 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 223 of these were attributed to Shaw by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2011	E.H.G. v. E.R.G.· Concurrence†	73 So. 3d 634	45
2014	Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. v. U.S. Bank National Ass'n· Concurrence†	148 So. 3d 1060	41
2014	Tucker v. Tombigbee Healthcare Authority· Concurrence†	153 So. 3d 734	40
2010	Suttles v. Roy†	75 So. 3d 90	40
2013	Christopher v. Christopher· Dissent†	145 So. 3d 60	33
2009	Ex Parte Progressive Specialty Ins. Co.	31 So. 3d 661	31
2014	Wyeth, Inc. v. Danny Weeks and Vicki Weeks· Concurrence†	159 So. 3d 649	29
2011	Sanchez v. McKinney· Concurrence†	87 So. 3d 502	29
2014	Eric Anderton and Jackson Key Practice Solutions, LLC v. The Practice-Monroeville, P.C.· Concurrence†	164 So. 3d 1094	28
2013	Ankrom v. State· Concurrence†	152 So. 3d 397	28
2015	M.C. v. Tallassee Rehabilitation, P.C.· Concurrence†	201 So. 3d 525	27
2013	Precision Gear Co. v. Continental Motors, Inc.· Dissent†	135 So. 3d 953	23
2015	State ex rel. Alabama Policy Institute· Concurrence†	200 So. 3d 495	22
2011	Mitzi LAWSON v. HARRIS CULINARY ENTERPRISES, LLC†	83 So. 3d 483	22
2013	State v. Henderson· Concurrence†	144 So. 3d 1262	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 382 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Alabama reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court is Greg Shaw on?: Greg Shaw is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.

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17 years on the Supreme Court of Alabama. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).