Pursuant to Article VI, § 156(a), of the Alabama Constitution, the Judicial Inquiry Commission consists of nine members: a judge of an intermediate appellate court, appointed by the Alabama Supreme Court; three persons who are not lawyers or judges and a district judge, appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Alabama Senate; two circuit judges, appointed by the Alabama Circuit Judges’ Association; and two members of the Alabama State Bar, appointed by the Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar. Thus, seven Commission members are appointed by elected Alabama officials, with four of those members also being confirmed by the Alabama Senate. Each Commission member serves a four-year term. The composition of the Judicial Inquiry Commission and the mechanism of appointment of its members by various public, elected officials and entities are very similar to all but a few of the judicial-conduct systems in the United States.

Name	Membership Type	City	Appointed by:
Billy C. Bedsole, Chair	Attorney	Mobile	Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar
Maibeth Porter, First Vice Chair	Attorney	Birmingham	Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar
Hon. William C. Thompson, Second Vice Chair	Presiding Judge, Court of Civil Appeals	Montgomery	Alabama Supreme Court
Ralph Malone	Citizen Member	Huntsville	Governor
William "Bo" Matthews	Citizen Member	Huntsville	Governor
Hon. Michael Sherman	Circuit Judge	Mobile	Alabama Circuit Judges' Association
Hon. Jeremy Taylor	Circuit Judge	Fort Payne	Alabama Circuit Judges' Association
Hon. Adrian Johnson	District Judge	Hayneville	Governor
Dr. Nichole Thompson	Citizen Member	Montgomery	Governor

Name	Position
Elizabeth C. Bern	Executive Director
Chandra Brown	Assistant Executive Director
John A. Selden	Legal Counsel
Jacob D. Jackson	Legal Counsel
Valicia Talley	Executive Secretary
Jenny Garrett	Retired, Part-Time
Rosa H. Davis	Retired, Part-Time