TAMPA, FL – The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Duane A. Daiker, Partner in the Tampa Office, has been appointed to serve on the Appellate Court Rules Committee of The Florida Bar for a three year term. The scope and function of the Appellate Court Rules Committee is to carry out the mandate of Rule 2.140, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, concerning the proposal of new appellate rules of procedure and changes to the existing rules.

Mr. Daiker represents individual and corporate clients in a variety of appellate matters in state and federal court.  Mr. Daiker is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as an Appellate Practice Specialist and leads the firm’s appellate practice group.  He also represents sureties in connection with payment, performance, and fiduciary bond disputes and litigation

In addition to his full-time practice, Mr. Daiker serves as an Adjunct Professor at St. Petersburg College, teaching classes in law, legal research, and writing.

Mr. Daiker received his J.D., with high honors, from the University of Florida, and his B.A., with high honors, from the University of Florida. 

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Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service law firm with more than 220 attorneys practicing in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina.