TAMPA, FL – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, is pleased to announce that Tampa partner M. John Burgess will be speaking at the NCEO 2018 Employee Ownership Conference April 19, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.  John will discuss Forms of Equity Compensation for ESOPs and Non-ESOP Companies.

Before joining Shumaker, John spent over 10 years practicing in the D.C. area assisting his clients with all types of employee benefit plans, including tax-qualified pension and 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), executive compensation arrangements, and health and welfare plans.  Prior to attending law school, John was as an auditor for a large accounting firm, and he remains licensed as a certified public accountant.

John received his LL.M. in Taxation from Case Western Reserve University College of Law, his J.D., magna cum laude, from Cleveland State University and his B.B.A., cum laude, from the University of Cincinnati.

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