Presiding Judge, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals (Place 4)

Mary Windom was elected to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals in 2008, became its presiding judge in 2012, and was reelected in 2014 and 2020¹². Before joining the court she was in private practice, served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Alabama, and was a Deputy Attorney General for the State of Alabama¹. She is the Republican nominee for Place 4 and is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot⁴.

• Presiding Judge, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, since 2012; judge since 2008¹²
• Deputy Attorney General, State of Alabama, immediately before joining the court¹
• Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Alabama; earlier private practice¹
• Executive Director, Bay Minette Chamber of Commerce, and Director of Membership, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, before law school¹
• B.A., University of South Alabama, 1982; J.D., Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University, 1999 (magna cum laude)¹
• First elected in November 2008; chosen presiding judge by the court's judges in 2012; reelected in 2014 (unopposed) and 2020¹². She announced in July 2025 that she is seeking a fourth and final term³.