About Ken
Ken Guin is an Alabama attorney admitted to practice in state courts and multiple federal forums. He appears on dockets from district courts to the U.S. Supreme Court and has held municipal legal positions in his region.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Auburn University in 1984. He then attended Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1987. Those academic years set the stage for a career split between courtroom work and municipal service.
Guin has worked in local government legal roles. In 2014 he served as a prosecutor for the City of Cordova. The following year he sat on the bench as a municipal judge for the City of Carbon Hill. Those posts gave him practical experience in municipal ordinances, local court procedures and the day-to-day legal issues towns face.
Beyond municipal matters, he is admitted to practice before a range of federal tribunals. His admissions include the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Claims Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. He maintains an active practice that takes advantage of those admissions when matters require federal filing or appellate work.
Guin maintains professional ties through bar and municipal law groups. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama Association of Municipal Lawyers and the Walker County Bar Association. Those memberships keep him connected to peers who handle local government law and trial practice in Alabama.
Colleagues describe his background as grounded in both courtroom procedure and the mechanics of municipal governance. He has moved between roles that require advocacy and roles that require adjudication, and that experience informs how he approaches client matters and hearings.
He currently practices in Alabama, handling municipal law, district court litigation, and appeals in federal and state courts. He represents clients in matters that arise at the local-government level and in cases that proceed to federal tribunals, focusing his practice on litigation and municipal legal issues.
