SARASOTA, FL – The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Cheryl Gordon has been named to the University of Florida Law Center Association Board of Trustees.  The Association was formed in 1960 as a financial support organization for the College of Law.  The trustees assist in the budgetary process, provide financial and volunteer resources, and facilitate student mentoring programs. Board members serve five year terms, after which they are granted Emeritus status. Unrestricted monies provided through the LCA and its Board of Trustees help fund a number of student and faculty programs, scholarships and activities.

Cheryl is a partner in Shumaker’s Sarasota office and serves as co-administrator of the firm’s Trusts & Estates practice group.  She focuses her practice on business and transactional tax law, and advises a wide variety of corporate and high net worth individuals on tax and legal aspects of their business activities and estate plans.  Cheryl, who is also a certified public accountant, has represented and advised numerous individuals and companies in the formation, acquisition and/or sale of business ventures, the planning and implementation of qualified plans and all aspects of the day-to-day operations of their business.

Cheryl received her B.S.B.A., J.D. and LL.M., Taxation, from the University of Florida.

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Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full-service business law firm with more than 260 lawyers and five offices in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina.  Shumaker is a premier provider of quality legal services.  Whether it's commitment to clients or work in the community, involvement lies at the core of all of Shumaker’s initiatives.