Alison Nelson Floyd currently serves as a Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge in the Juveline Division. She was named to this position in 2001 and is serving her fourth term. She also served as a Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge. She was named to this position in 1991 and served for 1 full term.

Alison previously worked as a law clerk for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and as an attorney in private practice.

Alison is from Brooklyn, New York. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She is married and lives in Solin, Ohio. She is a member of Mount Sinai Baptist Church.