TOLEDO, OH – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to welcome 11 law school students participating in the firm’s Summer Associate Program.  This year’s class includes students from seven different law schools.

Shumaker’s 2014 Summer Associate class, by office, is as follows:

Charlotte
	Brooke Loucks - Wake Forest School of Law
	Filmon Sexton - University of North Carolina School of Law
Columbus
	Marcus A. Miller - Capital University Law School
Sarasota
	Brandon M. Taaffe - University of Florida Levin College of Law
	Charles M. Wood, Jr. - University of Florida Levin College of Law
Tampa
	Andrea Ackley - University of Florida Levin College of Law
	Somadinna Nwokolo - University of Florida Levin College of Law
Toledo
	Brittany Fritsch - The University of Toledo College of Law
	Sarah McPherson - The University of Toledo College of Law
	Patrick Schlembach - The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
	Jeffrey Smith - University of Notre Dame

The primary goal of Shumaker’s Summer Associate Program is to provide the class with a realistic picture of what it is like to be an Associate at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP.  Summer Associates are given the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects involving multiple practice areas.  In addition, the Summer Program affords the opportunity, whenever possible, to participate in or observe aspects of the practice of law outside the office, including court appearances, discovery proceedings, client meetings and transaction closings.  The Summer Program also includes in-house seminars on various areas of our practice.

Summer Associates become acquainted with our attorneys through work and a number of activities outside the office, such as dinners, sporting events and practice group get-togethers.

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Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service law firm with more than 230 attorneys practicing in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina.  Shumaker is an Am Law 200 and National Law Journal Top 250 law firm.