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Carole Smitherman

1952–

United States

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Carole Catlin Smitherman (born 1952) is a retired American politician and jurist, serving as the Dean of Miles Law School. Smitherman served in 2009 as the 31st Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama and spent several years as a member of the City Council before resigning to assume her current judicial position.

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