TAMPA, FL – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Michele Leo Hintson, partner in the Tampa office, has been certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Court Mediator, allowing her to mediate civil disputes in the Circuit Courts throughout Florida.

Michele dedicates her practice to representing businesses, insurance companies, health care organizations and individuals in all aspects of the dispute resolution process, including, performing pre-suit investigations and risk management analysis, attending mediation sessions, drafting pleadings, motions, and briefs, conducting depositions, and advocating for clients at hearings, trials, and arbitrations.  She has been recognized as a Florida Rising Star in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 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 business law firm with more than 230 attorneys practicing in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina.