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Address
Huntington Center
41 South High Street, Suite 2400
Columbus, Ohio 43215 (Delaware, Fairfield & Franklin Cos.)
Average Client Review Rating
5.0
out of 5
Average Peer Review Rating
4.8
out of 5
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service law firm whose practice includes civil litigation, corporate, tax, securities, banking and commercial law, creditors' rights, real property, employment relations, employee benefits, estate planning and probate, health, domestic relations, environmental, public utilities; telecommunication, immigration and administrative law. Our practice areas are organized into the following departments: litigation, corporate, health law, real estate, trusts and estates, taxation and employee benefits, employment law, environmental law, financial institutions and intellectual property. The firm is located in five cities -- Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina. We represent a wide variety of business, institutional, governmental and individual clients including manufacturers, banks and other financial institutions, insurance companies, contractors, broadcasters, accounting firms, real estate developers and brokers, public utilities, transportation companies, health care providers, trade associations and various public bodies and agencies. Statement of PracticeAdministrative Law; Advertising and Marketing; Agency and Distributorships; Agricultural Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Bonds and Public Law; Business Law; Business Crimes; Business Torts; Civil Rights; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate; Communications and Media; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Computers and Software; Construction Law; Contracts; Copyrights; Corporate Law; Federal Criminal Law; Debtor and Creditor; Domestic Relations; Education Law; Employee Benefits; Entertainment Law; Environmental Law; Fidelity and Surety; Finance; Franchises and Franchising; Health Care; Hospital Law; Immigration and Naturalization; Intellectual Property; International Law; Labor and Employment; Leases and Leasing; Litigation; Media Law; Medicare and Medicaid; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Patent Litigation; Personal Injury; Probate; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Public Finance; Public Utilities; Real Estate; Securities; Sports Law; Taxation; Telecommunications; Torts; Trade Secrets; Trademarks; Trusts and Estates; Unfair Competition; Wills; Workers' Compensation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Year Established: 1925
Firm Size: 211
Firm Affiliations TOLEDO GROUP NETWORK Representative Clients:Available Upon Request.
AddressHuntington Center
41 South High Street, Suite 2400
Columbus, OH 43215, (Delaware, Fairfield & Franklin Cos.)
PhonePhone: 614-463-9441
Fax: 614-463-1108
Websitehttp://www.slk-law.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesToledo, Ohio: (Main Office) 1000 Jackson Street 43604-5573. Telephone: 419-241-9000. Fax: 419-241-6894.
Sarasota, Florida: 240 South Pineapple Avenue P.O. Box 49948 34230-6948. Telephone: 941-366-6660. Fax: 941-366-3999.
Tampa, Florida: 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Suite 2800 33602. Telephone: 813-229-7600. Fax: 813-229-1660.
Charlotte, North Carolina: 128 South Tryon Street Suite 1800 28202-5013. Telephone: 704-375-0057. Fax: 704-332-1197.
(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Toledo, Ohio)
RESIDENT PARTNERSMichael E. Born (Partner) born Huntington, West Virginia, February 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. Education: Grand Valley State University (B.S., 1985); University of Michigan (J.D., 1988). Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law.Email: Michael E. Born
James D. Colner (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1975); Capital University (J.D., 1979). Member: Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association; Ohio Trial Lawyers Association. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Federal Litigation; Professional Liability; Personal Injury; Business Litigation.Email: James D. Colner
John D. Gillespie (Partner) born Zanesville, Ohio, December 4, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Ohio State University (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Debt and Equity Finance; Contracts.Email: John D. Gillespie
John E. Haller (Partner) born Mt. Vernon, Ohio, February 24, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1986, Ohio; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Grace College (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Indiana State University (M.S., 1977); Indiana University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: John E. Haller
Karen S. Hockstad (Partner) born Traverse City, Michigan, June 4, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan; 1993, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1987); Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992); Capital University Law School (LL.M., Taxation, 1994). Tax Fellow, Capital University, 1992-1993. Recipient: Columbus Bar Association Community Service Award, 2005; Business First "Forty under Forty" Award. Participant, National Moot Court Competition. Managing Editor and Notes and Comment Editor, Detroit College of Law Review, 1991-1992. Author: "Tax Executives Institute, Inc.," Ohio Tax Review, Vol. 7.1, Winter, 1993. Trustee, Safety Council of Central Ohio. Member and Past President, Children's Hospital Development Board. Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Fellow: Columbus Bar Foundation; Ohio State Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Taxation; Employment Law; Complex Commercial Litigation; Tax Planning; Complex Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Small Business Law; Distribution; Franchise Law; Local Taxation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Karen S. Hockstad
Michael J. O'Callaghan (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, December 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh and District of Columbia Circuits and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1986); University of Detroit (J.D., 1989). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: Michael J. O'Callaghan
Steven Lee Smith (Partner) born Hamilton, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ball State University (B.S., 1968); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1972). Member: Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial Law League of America. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Trial Practice; Litigation; Business Law; Intellectual Property; Commercial Law.Email: Steven Lee Smith
Michael A. Snyder (Partner) born North Canton, Ohio, January 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Ohio; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Ohio University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Capital University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Order of the Curia. Capital University Law Review, 1997-1998. Member: Columbus, Ohio State, Federal, and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Administrative Law; Regulatory Litigation.Email: Michael A. Snyder
Louis E. Tosi (Partner) born Martins Ferry, Ohio, April 22, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., cum laude, 1971; J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Chairman, Committee on Environmental Law, 1984-1988) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources Law; Administrative Law; Past Vice Chair, Air Quality Committee) Bar Associations. (Resident, Toledo, Ohio Office). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation Defense.Email: Louis E. Tosi
RESIDENT ASSOCIATESScott R. Branam (Associate) born September 9, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 2001); The Ohio State University (M.A., 2003); University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: Scott R. Branam
Katie L. Tournoux (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio. Education: Saint Mary's College (B.A., cum laude, 1999); Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Katie L. Tournoux
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