Background
Smith, Carol Ann was born on April 23, 1949 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Daughter of James William and Mildred Viola (Ferguson) S. Bachelor, Birmingham Southern College, 1971.
Smith, Carol Ann was born on April 23, 1949 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Daughter of James William and Mildred Viola (Ferguson) S. Bachelor, Birmingham Southern College, 1971.
Birmingham-Southern College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1971). University of Alabama (Juris Doctor, 1975). New York University (Master of Laws, 1977).
Worked at Starnes & Atchison. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Alabama. Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Bench and Bar.
Member, Editorial Board, Alabama Law Review, 1974-1975.
Associate Editor, The Alabama Lawyer, 1986-1989. Law Clerk to Justice James North. Bloodworth, Alabama Supreme Court, 1975-1976.
Member, Executive Committee, Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1979. Author: "The Doctrine of Resident Ipsa Loquitur in Alabama," 26 Alabama Law Review 433.
Member: Birmingham (Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1989.
President, Young Lawyers Section, 1984. President, 1996) and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Section.
Executive Committee, 1982-1983.
Chairman, Young Lawyers Section Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1983). Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1988.
Secretary-Treasurer, 1996. President-Elect, 1997).
Defense Research Institute.
Member of the board management Metro Young Men's Christian Association, Birmingham, 1984-1990, Executive Committee, 1989. Member Birmingham Bar Association (president 1996-1997, president young lawyers section 1984), Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education (Executive Committee since 1979), Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (secretary, treasurer 1996, president 1997, board directors 1988-1990), Alabama Bar Association (editorial board The Alabama Lawyer 1979-1988, associate editor 1984-1988, Executive Committee young lawyers section 1983-1984), Phi Beta Kappa.