Law firm names new managing shareholder

FORT MYERS — Southwest Florida business attorney Douglas Szabo has been elected managing lawyer of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt P.A., one of the largest law firms in the region.

The firm’s stockholders elected Szabo for a three-year term that begins May 21, according to a statement. Szabo will succeed Russell Schropp, who held this position since 2015, the release adds. “I am very pleased to turn over the reins to a very qualified leader such as Doug, and I look forward to returning to the full-time practice of law when my term expires in May,” Schropp says in the release.