Carol Goraczko

Florida Registered Paralegal

Carol Goraczko has been in the legal field since 2002 and has been a paralegal with the firm since 2009. She works alongside the attorneys from case inception through trial. Having started her career doing medical malpractice defense, she found her home at STFBC working for plaintiffs who have been catastrophically injured or who have lost a loved one as a result of malpractice. She believes her role as a paralegal is an important one, not only to provide justice for those harmed by negligence, but to hold people and organizations accountable for their actions with the hope of creating a safer place for us all. She handles the firms’ birth injury, medical malpractice, hazing, product liability, auto negligence, and sexual assault cases, among other areas of practice.

Carol is currently the Chapter President of the Broward Chapter of the Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc., Florida’s oldest paralegal association. She coordinates monthly CLEs and networking opportunities, matches new paralegals with mentors. and organizes charity events. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Florida Justice Association and Secretary of the Legal Marketing Association’s South Florida Chapter, coordinating  educational seminars and networking opportunities. She has enjoyed volunteering in and outside of the legal field. She frequently serves as a scoring judge for the Miami Dade County High School’s Mock Trial competition, FJA’s Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition and Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity Mock Trial Competition. She also makes a point to help those in need, adopting families during the holidays, coordinating gift and toy drives, and helping animal rescue organizations. In her spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and spending time with her family.

Carol graduated cum laude from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology. She has been a Florida Registered Paralegal since 2009 and is also a Notary Public, having used the latter title to officiate weddings for close friends. In 2020 she became commissioned as a remote online notary.