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Craig Sorrell Pittman
Craig Sorrell Pittman was a judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals from 2001 to 2019. He was first elected to the court in November 2000. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2012. He did not file for re-election in 2018.
Education
Judge Pittman received his B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1978. He earned his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in 1981.[1]
Career
Pittman clerked for Judge Virgil Pittman in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama from 1981-1983. He practiced law in Mobile with the law firm of Hamilton, Butler, Riddick, Tarlton and Sullivan from 1983-1986, and in 1986, started the law firm which became Pittman, Pittman, Carwie and Fuquay.
Pittman served as deputy attorney general during the Jeff Sessions and Bill Pryor administrations. He was general counsel for the Alabama State Docks during the Fob James administration.[1]
Elections
2018
Craig Sorrell Pittman did not file to run for re-election.
2012
- See also: Alabama judicial elections, 2012
Pittman was re-elected after running unopposed in 2012.[2][3]
2006
In his 2006 race for re-election to the court, Pittman ran against Democratic candidate Kimberly Drake. Pittman won 608,180 votes versus 543,644 votes for Drake.[4]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, "Biography of Judge Craig Sorrell Pittman," accessed August 24, 2015
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Certified 2012 General Election Results," November 28, 2012
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Sample Ballot," accessed August 24, 2015
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Certified 2006 General Election Results (scroll to page 7) November 29, 2006
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama
State courts:
Alabama Supreme Court • Alabama Court of Civil Appeals • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals • Alabama Circuit Courts • Alabama District Courts • Alabama Juvenile Courts • Alabama Municipal Courts • Alabama Probate Courts • Alabama Small Claims Courts
State resources:
Courts in Alabama • Alabama judicial elections • Judicial selection in Alabama
