TAMPA, FL – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Michele Leo Hintson, partner in the Tampa office, has been selected to the Leadership Pasco Class of 2013.  Leadership Pasco is a program that explores critical issues through a series of seminars and hands-on activities. The Program includes topics such as Leadership Skills, History of Pasco County, Education, Health Care/Social Services, Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice, Economic and Business Development, Government, and Infrastructure.

Michele handles a variety of commercial litigation matters including, payment and performance bond disputes, labor and employment disputes, and business disputes.  She has been recognized as a Florida Rising Star in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by Super Lawyers magazine.  Michele received her J.D., cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law, and her B.A. from the University of Central 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.