Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
Sarasota
For more than 25 years, Jennifer Compton has practiced employment law counseling and litigation, primarily representing employers. In 2024, she became the first female leader of a national law firm — voted chair of the management committee that guides Shumaker. Compton’s commitment to the community extends to serving as a founding director and vice chair of Gulfside Bank, Sarasota’s only locally owned community bank. She is an alumna of Leadership Sarasota, a Litigation Counsel of America Fellow and a member of the Diversity Law Institute.