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 named Chair-Elect of the Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar.  Duane previously served as Vice Chair and as Secretary/Treasurer for the section, as well as a member of the Executive Council.  The Appellate Practice Section is an organization of 1,600 attorneys devoted to promoting excellence in Florida’s state and federal appellate courts.  The section focuses on enhancing the role and skills of attorneys engaged in appellate practice by providing continuing legal education, disseminating information of interest to the appellate community, and encouraging the exchange of ideas among members.

Duane was also reappointed to the Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee.  The ACRC is a standing committee of the Florida Bar that considers additions and amendments to Florida’s Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Duane represents individual and corporate clients in a variety of appellate matters in state and federal court, and leads the firm’s appellate practice group.  Duane is Board Certified as an Appellate Specialist by the Florida Bar.   In addition to his full-time law practice, Duane serves as an Adjunct Professor at St. Petersburg College, teaching classes in law, legal research, and writing.  He received his J.D., with high honors, from the University of Florida, and his B.A., with high honors, from the University of Florida, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Law Review.

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Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service business law firm with more than 240 attorneys practicing in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina.