Kim L. Kaszuba
Kim was raised in Chicago, Illinois until she and her family moved to Florida in the summer of 1978. Since that time, Kim has grown up in Pinellas County, having graduated from Largo High School in 1987. She later attended The University of Miami and University of S. Florida where she graduated with a double major B.S. in Political Science and a B.A. in Russian in 1992. Prior to graduation, Kim was one of the first students to travel abroad with USF to the Soviet Union for intensive study in the Russian language at the Moscow Linguistic University in Moscow, Russia. It was that summer (and the reason the program was cut short by one week) that the Soviet Union faced an internal coup d’ etat and the communist regime was dismantled and the Soviet Union empire collapsed. After completion of her summer abroad studies in Russian language, Kim served as a Russian translator for Russian artist Arkadi Petrov who was commissioned by the USF Museum of Art. Kim is a first generation child of Ukrainian immigrants.
Upon completing her undergraduate studies, Kim attended Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, Florida. While in law school, Kim was a member of the Stetson International Moot Court team, served as Secretary of the International Law Society, and as a 3rd year student taught Trial Advocacy as an Adjunct Assistant to Professor Colonel Eleazor. Kim also was awarded 1st place in the Stetson First Annual Ironwoman competition. Kim obtained her license to practice law in 1997 has been practicing law full-time ever since.
During the first four years of her practice, Kim worked with St.Arnold & Stearns, Chartered, in Dunedin, Florida, in the areas of family law and civil litigation. Thereafter she branched into a position as in-house corporate legal counsel for Ozona Management Corporation, at which time she also performed intensive stock market research analysis for the local stock market investment company.
Yearning to get back into trial practice, Kim transferred to the firm of Buddy D. Ford, P.A. in Tampa, where she practiced for 4 years in the areas of family law, business litigation and consumer bankruptcy.
From 2007 to October, 2010, Kim was employed with The Solomon Law Group, P.A. in Tampa, where she became Partner, with a focus primarily in family law and creditor bankruptcy. In June, 2010, Kim became Board Certified in Marital and Family Law.
Kim continued to have a strong desire to relocate her practice closer to her home and family in Pinellas County where she has resided since graduation from law school. Kim and Ky litigated a family law case opposing each other, at the conclusion of which discussions took place which led to Kim’s affiliation with Koch & Hoffman, PA in October, 2010.
Kim is authorized to practice in all Florida courts and in the U.S. District Courts of Florida for the Middle, Northern and Southern Districts. Kim is a member of The Florida Bar, Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association and The Clearwater Bar Association. Kim participates in various local community organizations and volunteers with local charitable organizations, while maintaining an avid interest in fishing, boating, exercise and traveling abroad.