Current Position:

Shareholder

Areas Of Practice:

100% of Practice Devoted to Family Law
1995 to present

Martindale-Hubbell Profile

Certfication/Specialties

Marital and Family Law
Florida Bar Board of Certification

Bar Admissions:

Florida, 1985
U.S. Supreme Court, 2007

Education:

Stetson University College of Law
St. Petersburg, FL 1984
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Association of Trial Lawyers of America Trial Team, 1983-1984

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, 1982
B.S., Bachelor of Science

Honors and Awards:

• Recognized in Florida Super Lawyer's Magazine
• Rated AV by Martindale Hubbell
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America
• Board Certified Marital & Family Lawyer, The Florida Bar, 1985
• Recognized in Law & Leading Attorneys: A Florida Consumers Guidebook
• Received Red McEwen Award from Hillsborough County Bar Associations, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caroline received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, and her juris doctorate degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1984. She served as an Assistant State Attorney for Hillsborough County from 1985 to 1989, when she entered the practice of family law. She is Past President of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and past Chair of the Florida Bar Family Law Section. She has been Chair of a Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, Chair of The Florida Bar Family Law Section CLE Committee, and a member of Executive Council of the Florida Bar’s Family Law Section. Caroline is a past President of the Centre for Women in Tampa. Her articles have been published by the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the Florida Bar, and the Family Law Commentator. She authored a chapter on "Equitable Distribution" in the Florida Bar’s Florida Dissolution of Marriage book. Caroline has lectured on family law for numerous professional organizations, including the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the Florida Bar. She is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Member 1989 to date

• President, 2007-2008
• Member, Board of Directors, 2003-present
• Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1990-93
• Executive Council, Family Law Section (Member, 1991 – 2001; Chair 1999-2000). 
• Chair, Pig Roast Committee (2005)
• Long-Range Planning Committee
•  Board member, Trial Lawyers Section, 2001-2002

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – Florida Chapter, Member 2002 to Date

• Board of Managers, 2006-Present
• Chair, AAML Institute, 2009
• Co-Chair, Legislation Committee, 2006-2008

The Florida Bar

• Chair, Family Law Section 2003-2004 (Member 1994 to present)
• CLE Committee Family Law Section (Chair 1997 -1998)
• Long Range Planning Committee, Chair 1998-1999
• Liaison to Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Needs of Children
• Member, Family Court Steering Committee, 1999-2001

13th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, Member, 1993-1996, Chair 1996

International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Member 2007-

Centre for Women -

• Board of Directors 1992-1997
• President 1995-1997

Lectures:

"Mission Impossible: Overcoming the Negative Custody Evaluation Recommendation," AAML - May 2007

"Agreements," Florida Bar Family Law Certification Review Course,
February 1996 - 1998, 2002-2004

"Family Law Practice and Procedure," Florida Bar Family Law Certification Review Course, Spring 2006

"Tactics to Consider in Custody Cases," Hillsborough County Bar Association, January 2002

"Alimony, Child Support and Temporary Issues in Divorce," Basic Family Law Seminar sponsored by the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, April 2001, Spring 2004, Spring 2006

"The Best Interests of the Child," 13th Judicial Circuit Town Hall Meeting, Participant, April 2001

"Modifying Agreements (Prenuptials/MSAs")," Family Law Support Modification Seminar, Florida Bar, September 21-22, 2000

Television Show "Legally Speaking", September 11, 1996, Jones Intercable, Tampa, Florida

Television show "Florida Justice Files," Spring 2006, WUSF, Tampa, Florida

"Drafting and Litigating Prenuptial Agreements," National Business Institute, Speaker, December 1995

Shared Parental Responsibility, February 1995, Stetson College of Law, Speaker Presentation

1994 Bridge the Gap Seminar, Family Law, Speaker Presentation

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Divorce," seminar presentation, September 1993, Hillsborough County Bar Association

"Litigation Support" November 1993, Tampa Bay Chapter, Institute of Business Appraisers

"Help! I'm a Single Parent", November, 1992, Idlewild Baptist Church

"The Role of the CPA in Divorce", January, 1992, to the Pinellas County CPA Club

Published Works:

Chapter 3, Marital Settlement Agreements, in DRAFTING MARRIAGE CONTRACTS IN FLORIDA, The Florida Bar, 4ed, 1997

"Family Law Rules", Lawyer, Hillsborough County Bar Association, December, 1995

"An Affair to Remember...or Not", Lawyer, Hillsborough County Bar Association, April, 1995

Chapter 15, Equitable Distribution, in FLORIDA DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, The Florida Bar, 4d ed., 1993

"Professionalism," (Co-Authored with Mark A. Sessums), Family Law Commentator, Spring, 1993

Ethics and The Role of the Attorney, provided written materials for American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers on Family Law in Florida, 1991 and Board Certification Review Course, 1992

"The Other Marital Misconduct: Dissipation of Marital Assets", Lawyer, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Feb., 1991