CHARLOTTE, NC – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that the following partners in the firm's Charlotte office were named 2013 North Carolina Rising Stars:

• Andrew S. Culicerto - Construction Litigation
• Brandy B. Milazzo - Information Technology/Outsourcing

Rising Stars are nominated by their peers who are asked to vote for the top up-and-coming attorneys they have personally observed in action who are either age 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing law for 10 years or less.  Only 2.5 percent of North Carolina attorneys are selected for the Rising Stars list.

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