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The Honorable Tiffany B. McCord, formerly a Montgomery County District Court Judge, was appointed by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on April 3, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Johnny Hardwick on the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit, Place-Nine. Hardwick resigned his seat effective March 31, after over two decades on the bench.
She was sworn into her new office on April 3 at 4 p.m. in the Montgomery County Courthouse in courtroom 4-A. Ironically, that is the same room that Judge Hardwick began his career on the bench as a judge in 2001. Both McCord and Hardwick also were appointed to the court by an Alabama governor.
Judge McCord, after taking the oath of office, shared the following sentiments.
“First of all, allow me to say that I am very thankful to Governor Ivey for the trust and the confidence that she has placed in me by appointing me to serve on the 15th Judicial Circuit as a circuit court judge,” McCord said. “I promise to her – and to all of our citizens – that I will work long and hard to uphold the rule of law under the Code of Alabama and to make certain that justice is served on behalf of all of our residents in a fair and impartial manner.”
McCord, who has 23 years of legal experience, is a resident of Montgomery.
Prior to being appointed to the Circuit Court, she was elected to a seat on the Montgomery County District Court, and earlier was elected as the circuit clerk of Montgomery County. She serves as a member of the Alabama State University Board of Trustees. She graduated with a degree in History from Auburn University-Montgomery and received her juris doctorate degree from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. Married to Darris McCord, she has a daughter, Kirstain.
Judge McCord, while eager to begin her new venture on the highest court in Montgomery’s 15th Judicial Circuit, also feels the solemnity of the occasion.
“I am very excited to serve in my new capacity as a circuit court judge but also am aware of the huge shoes that I must fill in being appointed to the seat left open by Judge Hardwick’s resignation,” McCord stated. “He was a giant among judges, and I hope to make him, Governor Ivey and the people of Montgomery County proud of how I administer justice in all of the cases that come before me on the bench.”
