SARASOTA, FL – The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Richard Q. Lewis, III, associate in the Sarasota office, gave a presentation to financial advisors and MetLife Customers entitled “The Essentials of Successful Estate Planning” at MetLife Insurance Company in Sarasota on November 11, 2011. The topic of the presentation was available estate planning strategies and the current state of the tax code.

Mr. Lewis received his J.D., cum laude, from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, his LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A. from the University of North Florida.

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