Caroline Black
Current Position:
Shareholder and Managing Partner
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 Association, 2004
- Received Jimmy Kynes Award for pro bono service from Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2009
- Recognized by the National Law Journal as one of the 2011 Tampa Lawyers of the Year
Caroline received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, and her juris doctorate degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1984. She is a shareholder at the firm, is board certified in marital and family law, and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She chaired the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Institute in April 2009 and is on the Board of Directors of the Florida Chapter of the AAML.
|
|
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.
She served as an Assistant State Attorney for Hillsborough County from 1985 to 1989, when she entered the practice of family law.
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
- Chair, Scholarship Committee, 2006-2007
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
Tampa Bay Collaborative Divorce Group 2011, Present Chair 2011
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:
"Taking Care of Business:Managing your Parenting Case", Florida Bar, CLE, September 2011
"Taxation Issues in Equitable Distribution & Alimony," Florida Bar Cert Review, February 2010
"Professionalism" Stetson University College of Law, January 2009
"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
"Attorneys Fees and Costs," American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Institute, April 2010
