About

Moving Forward, Together

Shumaker’s team of 300+ attorneys and advisors work together to help move your business forward with confidence.

Founded in 1925, Shumaker is a full-service business law firm with more than 300 lawyers and advisors, 60 paralegals, and 555 employees in its 13 offices located in Toledo, Columbus, and Akron, Ohio; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Tampa, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, and Dade City, Florida; Charleston and Greenville, South Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C. We have attorneys licensed to practice in 29 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Ontario, Canada and have established relationships with partner firms in the other states to seamlessly manage transactions across state lines. Shumaker is a premier provider of quality legal and legislative services to our core constituency: individuals, small businesses, health care providers, nonprofit organizations, Fortune 500 companies, and international corporations. Shumaker is focused on being a positive and impactful difference maker for our clients and in the communities we serve. Aligned with this mission, Shumaker is committed to understanding your business in order to provide the exact legal resources you need. We understand the budget constraints of our clients and efficiently staff matters to provide sophisticated, yet economical legal representation.

Shumaker has a long history of community support, is a strong supporter of nonprofit organizations in each of its locations, and firmly believes in giving back to the communities it serves. Our lawyers are active and take leadership roles in a wide variety of charitable and civic organizations. Many serve communities as elected and appointed officials on councils, commissions, boards, and committees. Furthermore, Shumaker has established the Leadership Shumaker program, which enables and encourages lawyers and staff to contribute both time and money to various public, private, and nonprofit organizations that promote the general improvement of neighborhoods and communities, benefit the most economically disadvantaged citizens, and promote the arts and other sources of economic development.

Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full-service business law firm with more than 260 lawyers, 50 paralegals and 500 employees in its seven offices located in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; Charleston, South Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Shumaker is a premier provider of quality legal services to our core constituency: individuals, small businesses, health care providers, nonprofit organizations, Fortune 500 and international corporations. Our mission is to work on our clients' timetable and budget, focus on results and keep our clients ahead of the curve. Shumaker recruits and retains top graduates from leading law schools and provides young lawyers with specialized training in the areas in which they practice. Many of our lawyers have advanced degrees in disciplines related to their practices and a number have clerked for federal and state trial and appellate court judges. Eighty-two of our lawyers are listed in the prestigious publication, Best Lawyers in America.