Senate approves former judge for ethics commission

May 09, 2008 10:22 am

— MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate has approved the lieutenant governor’s selection of former Mobile County Circuit Judge Braxton Kittrell to serve on the State Ethics Commission.
The Senate voted 31-0 Thursday to approve the selection by Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom Jr.
Folsom chose Kittrell to replace Commissioner Nancy Edwards Eldridge of Andalusia, whose term had expired. Kittrell’s term will run until August 2012.
Kittrell was elected as a circuit judge in 1976. He served until his retirement in April 1999, when he returned to private law practice.