Shutts & Bowen LLP, is pleased to announced that three attorneys in the firm’s Tampa office, Brittany Bustillo, Lauren L. Stricker and Lauren A. Taylor were all recently elevated to partnership.

“We are proud of this pool of talent who will help lead the firm into the future,” said Micky Grindstaff, Managing Partner of Shutts & Bowen LLP. “The promotion of these attorneys exemplifies our commitment to rewarding leadership and success and validates our approach to recruiting and career development.”

Brittany Bustillo, Lauren L. Stricker and Lauren A. Taylor

Brittany Bustillo is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Brittany represents public and private companies and individuals in a broad range of business and real estate matters. She focuses her real estate practice on general real estate matters; property acquisition and development; commercial leasing; title insurance; and telecommunication leasing. She received her J.D. and L.L.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida College of Law and her M.S. and B.S. in Accounting from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business.

Lauren L. Stricker is a member of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights/Bankruptcy and Business Litigation Practice Groups. She represents individual and corporate clients in bankruptcy matters, civil and criminal litigation, and government investigations. Her practice focuses on financial recovery, fraud, and financial crime cases. She represents creditors, bankruptcy trustees, and defendants in complex bankruptcy and litigation cases, including fraudulent and preferential transfer proceedings. Lauren also represents clients in white-collar criminal matters, False Claims Act qui tam actions, and government investigations. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law and her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Tampa.

Lauren A. Taylor is a member of the Trusts & Estates Practice Group. She focuses her practice in the areas of wills, trusts, and estates, and has experience with estate planning and the preparation of revocable and irrevocable trusts; estate, trust, and probate administration; estate and trust litigation; trust modification and termination; federal estate and gift taxation; private foundations and other tax-exempt organizations; pre-marital and post-marital agreements; and business succession planning. She has also represented public and private companies and individuals in a broad range of matters, including business, real estate, and employment litigation in state and federal courts and on appeal. She received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Florida College of Law and her B.S.B.A. in Finance from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business Administration.

About Shutts & Bowen LLP

Shutts & Bowen, established in 1910, is a full-service business law firm with more than 290 lawyers in offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. Learn more about Shutts & Bowen at www.shutts.com.