Carole Catlin Smitherman (born 1952) is an American politician and jurist, serving as a Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge.
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.
As President of the Birmingham City Council, she assumed the office of mayor when Larry Langford was convicted of 60 counts of bribery and related charges on October 28, 2009.
She also was the first African-American woman hired as a deputy district attorney in Jefferson County and first African American female Municipal and Circuit Court Judge in Birmingham.
[7] Democrat Frederic Bolling defeated Republican Douglas Roy for her open seat.