Caroline Tesche Arkin
JUDICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Year elected to the bench: 2008
Current Assignment: Probate, Guardianship, Mental Health & Trust: Division B & N
Previous Assignments:
Circuit Civil Division "K"
Juvenile Dependency Division "C"
Felony Division "D"
Juvenile Delinquency Division “B”
Domestic Relations/Family Law, Division “I”
EDUCATION
Northwestern School of Law, JD 1987;
Fordham University School of Law, Visiting Scholar 1986-1987
Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara,
B.A. Political Science, Honors, 1982
JUDICIAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Florida Supreme Court Committee on Professionalism
Bench/Bar Committee Co-Chair, Hillsborough County Bar Association
Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers, Board of Directors
Tampa Bay Inn of Court, President 2013-2014, Programs Chair 2012-2013
Family Law Inn of Court, Past President
2013 “Leaders in the Law” Award Recipient, Florida Association of Women Lawyers
2016 Lincoln Award Recipient, Tampa Bay Inn of Court
PRIOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Admitted to the Florida Bar,1988; United States Supreme Court; US Middle and Southern District Courts of Florida
Law Office of Caroline J. Tesche, Tampa; State and Federal Criminal Defense, Estate Planning,and Contracts
Office of the Public Defender, Hillsborough County: Director of Recruitment and Attorney Training
Miami-Dade County Assistant State Attorney: Felony Trial Attorney; Division Chief of County Court; Organized Crime/Narcotics Special Prosecutions Unit
Federal Prosecution Grant, Special Assistant to the United States Attorney’s Office in Bangor,Maine
United States Attorney’s Office Organized Crime Strike Force clinical internship, Southern District of New York; Employed by Legal Counsel to the New York City Office of the Mayor/Criminal Justice Coordinator
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT