Lauren L. Stricker, Esq.

Leveraging her financial acumen and 10+ years of legal experience, Lauren navigates her clients through all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court workouts, restructurings, foreclosures, and collection and enforcement of judgments.

Clients rely on Lauren for her ability to analyze, distill, and communicate sophisticated financial and legal matters into straight-forward legal advice. They look to her to synthesize complex bank records, tax returns, and other legal and financial documents to find solutions to complex financial problems and help in reaching resolutions quickly. They appreciate her candor, honesty and responsiveness when dealing with matters large and small.

Prior to joining Shuker & Dorris, Lauren was a partner at an AM Law 200 firm in its Chambers-ranked bankruptcy and commercial litigation practices. She has consistently been recognized by her peers and rating services as a top business bankruptcy attorney. Lauren has been rated Judicial and Peer AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell (highest possible rating). She is listed by Best Lawyers in America® for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Super Lawyers lists her as a Rising Star in Business Bankruptcy.

Lauren earned her J.D. from Stetson University College of Law, cum laude, in 2011. She obtained her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from University of Tampa in 2008.

Before going into private practice, Lauren was a federal judicial law clerk intern for the Honorable Caryl E. Delano. In law school, Lauren received the Judge Alexander L. Paskay Scholarship Award and the William F. Blews Pro Bono Award.

• Bar Admissions:
  • Supreme Court of Florida
  • United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Middle District of Florida
  • United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of Florida
  • United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Florida
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Professional Recognitions:
  • Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2019-2023)
  • Martindale-Hubbell, Judicial AV Preeminent and AV Preeminent 4.8 out of 5.0, Highest Possible Rating (2017-2023)
  • Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy: Business, Florida Rising Star (2017-2021)
  • Tampa Bay Magazine, Top Attorneys: Outstanding Young Florida Lawyers (2017-2021)
  • Florida Trend, Florida Legal Elite, Up & Comer, 2020
  • Outstanding Pro Bono and Community Service Award, awarded by Shutts and Bowen, P.A. (2019)
  • Lapel Pin Recipient for +100 hours of pro bono service, recognized by the Supreme Court of Florida, the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar and the Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association (2015-2019)
  • Outstanding Program Award, American Inns of Court (2017)
  • Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association’s Judge Alexander L. Paskay Scholarship Award (2011)
  • William F. Blews Pro Bono Award (2011)
• Speaking Engagements:
  • Moderator, Building Your Career: From Resume to First Chair, Florida Business Law Section’s Annual Retreat (2023)
  • Speaker/Co-Chair, TBBBA CLE Luncheon, Family Feud: An Evidentiary Rules Committee (2018)
  • Speaker/Chair, Federal Judicial Roundtable at the Annual Florida Bar Conference (2017)
  • Moderator, Judicial Panel on Practice Pointers and Advice for Young Lawyers at the YLD Federal Bar Association’s Federal Practice Seminar (2015)
  • Table Moderator, Federal Judicial Roundtable at the Annual Florida Bar Conference (2014-2016)
  • Speaker/Co-Chair, TBBBA CLE Luncheon, Family Feud: An Evidentiary Rules Committee (2018)
  • Speaker/Chair, Federal Judicial Roundtable at the Annual Florida Bar Conference (2017)
  • Moderator, Judicial Panel on Practice Pointers and Advice for Young Lawyers at the YLD Federal Bar Association’s Federal Practice Seminar (2015)
  • Table Moderator, Federal Judicial Roundtable at the Annual Florida Bar Conference (2014-2016)
• Publications:
  • Author, Eleventh Circuit Joins the Majority: Time-Barred Debt Collection + Implicit Threat of Litigation = Plausible FDCPA Claim, Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, Business Law Section Blog, August 9, 2019
  • Author, Florida Bankruptcy Courts Limit Florida Debtor’s Homestead Exemption, Lawyer Magazine, The Hillsborough County Bar Association, June 2019
  • Contributing Author, Decision Book – Reported Decisions of the Orlando Division, Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association (CFBLA), Published Annually for CFBLA Seminar (2011-2013)
• Professional Memberships:
  • Business Law Section to the Florida Bar
    •  Communications Chair, Inclusion, Mentoring, and Diversity Subcommittee, Business Law Section to the Florida Bar (2023)
    • Fellow, Business Law Section to the Florida Bar (2019-2021)
  • Florida Bar’s Federal Practice Standing Committee (Appointed 2013-2019; 2023-2024)
    • • Chair, Pro Bono Subcommittee (2023-2024)
      • Vice Chair, Committee (2018-2019)
      • Chair, Federal Judicial Roundtable (2017-2018)
      • Vice Chair, Federal Judicial Roundtable (2015-2017)
  • Florida Bar’s Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee (Appointed 2019-2022)
  • Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
    • Co-Chair, Monthly CLE Luncheon (2013-2018)
  • Pro Bono Volunteer, Middle District of Florida’s Bankruptcy Pro Se Clinic/TBBBA Pro Se Clinic (2012-Present)
  • Federal Bar Association, Tampa Chapter
    • Board Member, Young Lawyers Division of the Tampa Chapter (2013-2014)
  • International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Consortium (IWIRC)
  • Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association
  • Turnaround Management Association (2012-2021)
  • Clifford Cheatwood America Inn of Court Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association (2011-2017)
  • Junior League of Tampa (2009-2013)