TAMPA, FL – The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Christina C. Nethero and H.S. “Brad” deBeaubien, associates in the Tampa office, graduated from Tampa Connection.  The Tampa Connection program helps guide executives into key leadership roles while helping meet Tampa’s growing social, health and education needs.  Its mission is to prepare class members to become active volunteers and leaders in the Tampa Bay community.

Christina’s principal area of practice is corporate law.  While in law school, Christina participated in Stetson University College of Law’s Honors Colloquium.  She was also an associate for the Stetson Law Review, and served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Susan C. Bucklew.   Christina received her J.D., cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law, her M.B.A., with academic honors, from Stetson University School of Business Administration, and her B.A., with highest honors, from Principia College.

Brad’s principal areas of practice are bankruptcy, insolvency and creditors' rights, commercial litigation, and employment and labor law.  Brad received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Florida State University College of Law in 2008, and his B.A. in Philosophy from The College of William and Mary in 2002. 

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Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service business law firm with more than 225 attorneys practicing in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina.