Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Technology affects virtually every facet of our business and personal lives in today’s world.  Our lawyers serve established and emerging/start-up clients in the technology sector, as well businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals that find themselves facing technology law issues.  We advise clients on topics such as electronic discovery issues, domain name disputes, E-commerce agreements, technology implementation transactions and software performance disputes, E-mail privacy, open source, identity theft, on-line promotions, consulting and employment agreements, and technology licensing.  This includes representing clients in transactional matters, as well as all nature of disputes, administrative proceedings, arbitrations  and litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States.

By way of example, our practice is adept at handling a variety of substantive computer and technology law topics, including:

• Application service provider (ASP) and Software as a Service (SaaS) transactions
• Cloud computing
• Computer hacking, data breach, privacy and security
• Data licenses
• Domain name disputes
• Digital media
• E-discovery
• Escrow agreement
• Hosted application agreements
• Identity theft
• Internet
  • E-commerce Websites
  • Information Websites
• Maintenance Agreements
• Online promotions, sweepstakes and contests
• Open source software
• Outsourcing
  • Data
  • Privacy
• Social media
• Software, hardware and technology licensing
• Software, hardware and technology performance disputes
• Technology implementation projects
• Technology merger and acquisition specific issues
• Website policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policies

Our Commitment to Diversity

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting individuals of diverse backgrounds to ensure that our firm reflects the clients we represent and our values of inclusion.  We believe that embracing differences in ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, religion, and other characteristics, helps us consider the full range of perspectives our clients face and the goals they seek to achieve, allowing us to provide more creative, insightful, and complete guidance and counsel.  By affirmatively embracing and appreciating those differences, we create a supportive working environment at Shumaker for all individuals of the firm.

Diversity in Action

Shumaker's commitment to diversity is reflected in the following measures:

1. Creation of a Diversity & Inclusion Committee to coordinate and direct our diversity initiatives. Our committee is made up of partners (including at least one member of the Firm’s management committee), associates and administrative personnel.
2. Recipient of the 2013 Gold Standard Certification by Women in Law Empowerment Forum, which is given only to firms that have demonstrated that women represent a meaningful percentage of their equity partners, are involved in the highest leadership positions and have meaningful representation in the ranks of the firm’s most highly compensated partners. Shumaker was one of only 42 firms in the country to have received this prestigious award in 2013.
3. Creation of Shumaker’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, a firm-sponsored group dedicated to promoting, developing and fostering the potential of our female attorneys, helping them to navigate a path to a successful and satisfying legal career at the Firm, and to serve as leaders within the legal and business communities.
4. Membership and active participation in organizations that support diversity initiatives in our communities. Such organizations include, without limitation, racial, ethnic, disability, gender/LGBT and age initiatives.
5. Diversity in our hiring, advancement and leadership practices, for attorneys as well as staff members, including our Summer Associate Program.
6. Annual participation in the Toledo Bar Association’s Minority Clerkship Program.
7. Annual participation in the Ohio State Bar Foundation Law and Leadership Program, a program to establish a pipeline into the legal profession for disadvantaged students from underserved schools.
8. Membership in Partners in Education, a program in which our employees serve as tutors and mentors and provide ongoing financial support to area schools and students in need.
9. Cultivation of leadership opportunities among all attorneys and staff, recognizing the importance and benefit of diversity in leadership.
10. Firm-wide participation in periodic diversity education seminars or training programs.
11. Informal programs implemented firm-wide to enhance our awareness and understanding of the importance and benefits of diversity among our workforce and promote inclusion.