Hon. Chris M. Comer
Circuit Judge
Phone: 256-519-2053
Judge Comer has been a Madison County Circuit Judge since 2013. He obtained his Bachelors degree from Auburn University and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1999. After law school, he served as a law clerk for now-retired Madison County Circuit Judge “Buddy” Little and then as an assistant district attorney for Madison County. In 2002 Judge Comer entered private practice, where he specialized in civil litigation. In private practice he handled cases throughout North Alabama and focused his practice on employment and workers’ compensation matters. He routinely lectured on Medicare-related issues that impacted workers’ compensation claims, with an emphasis in the use of workers’ compensation Medicare set-asides. Judge Comer formerly served as the Secretary for the Huntsville/Madison County Bar Association and graduated from the Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum.