Charles Shumaker
Position:
Senior Of Counsel
Bar Admission:
California, 1982
Education:
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1982; Columbia University, M.A., Art History of Art and Architecture, 1979; Tufts University, B.A., Art History, Anthropology, Classics, 1976
Email:
shumaker@smcounsel.comPhone:
(310) 387-9229
Personal Experience
Charlie Shumaker is a business lawyer with strong background in real estate development and corporate management.
Charlie’s real estate practice includes the redevelopment of the Old Bank District and subdivision and commercial projects in San Francisco and San Diego. In the corporate area, Charlie also represents funding platforms, particularly in the hospitality and food sectors. Corporate client concentrations include hospitality, restaurant, media, and food-oriented enterprises as well as acting as outside general counsel for high net worth individuals.
Active in the local democratic community, Charlie has worked with numerous Independent Expenditure, PAC and similar policy-oriented entities focusing on infrastructure and education. In addition, Charlie represent a number of non-profit organizations, including The Actors’ Gang, Angel’s Flight Railroad Foundation and several mission-oriented charities.
He began his practice in Los Angeles working for Chuck Manatt at Manatt, Phelps in 1982.
