1. Founded 1925, in Charlotte since 1988
National Law Journal Top 250 Law Firms
208 attorneys in 3 states, 5 cities
*145 attorneys are either AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale‐Hubbell, Super Lawyers or Rising Stars in
Florida, North Carolina or Ohio, Legal Elite, or
Best Lawyers in America
Full Service Business and Litigation Firm
Practice Areas
1. Corporate
• Agribusiness and Cooperatives
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation
• Bonds and Public Law
• Corporate Law/Business Organizations
• Educational and Religious Organizations
• Franchise and Distribution
• International Transactions
• Media and Communications’
• Mergers and Acquisition/Divestitures
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Public Companies
• Securities
2. Employment Law
• Employment and Labor
• Immigration
• Workers’ Compensation
3. Environmental
• Environmental Litigation: Class Actions, Defense of Enforcement Actions, Private Party
Indemnity Litigation, Cost Recovery
• Environmental Compliance: Permits, Rules, New Source Permits
• Environmental Transactions: Brownfield, Acquisitions with Significant Environmental Risks
4. Financial Institutions
5. Health Law
6. Intellectual Property
• Information Systems
• Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
7. Government Contracts

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8. Litigation
• Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Appellate
• Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Corporate Compliance and Business Crimes Defense
• Family Law
• Federal Court Litigation
• Fidelity, Surety and Specialty Bonds
• Products Liability
• Professional Liability
9. Public Utilities
• Local, State and Federal Rate and Regulatory Proceedings
• Utility Transactions and Agreements: Sales and Purchases of Utilities; Developer and
Customer Agreements
10. Real Estate
• Commercial Transactions
• Construction Law
• Financing Transactions
• Public/Private Joint Ventures
• Zoning and Land Use Planning
11. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
12. Tax and Employee Benefits
• Employee Compensation and Benefits
• Taxation
13. Telecommunications
• Florida PSC and FCC Compliance
• Reconnection between Carriers
• Leases, Sales and Bulk Communication Agreements
• Permitting, Siting and Licensing
14. Trusts and Estates
• Estate Planning
• Trust and Estate Administration
November 1, 2010
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
128 South Tryon Street
Suite 1800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
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