Sought-after attorney takes on bigger leadership role at firm

Recently promoted to a firmwide management role, Jennie Compton doesn’t plan to give up what got her to the top: relentless preparation and a never-back-down attitude.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. March 5, 2021
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Mark Wemple. Jennie Compton was recently named vice chair of the management committee at law firm Shumaker.
Mark Wemple. Jennie Compton was recently named vice chair of the management committee at law firm Shumaker.
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Sarasota attorney Jennie Compton, watching a mentor work the courtroom one day some 20 years ago, learned an essential life and work lesson: Be fearless.

 

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